Bug#47801: apt: suggested improvement to apt-get update feedback
Package: apt
Version: 0.3.13
Severity: wishlist
This is my sources.list:
deb ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux/debian unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux/debian unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://nonus.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
When there are no updated files to retrieve, apt-get considers downloading
the 'Release' files for ftp.cdrom.com twice: once for the deb line, once for
the deb-src line.
# apt-get upgrade
Hit ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/main Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/main Release
Hit ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/contrib Packages
Hit http://nonus.debian.org unstable/non-US/main Packages
Hit http://nonus.debian.org unstable/non-US/main Release
Hit http://nonus.debian.org unstable/non-US/contrib Packages
Hit http://nonus.debian.org unstable/non-US/contrib Release
Hit http://nonus.debian.org unstable/non-US/non-free Packages
Hit http://nonus.debian.org unstable/non-US/non-free Release
Hit ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/contrib Release
Hit ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/non-free Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/non-free Release
Hit ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/main Sources
Get:1 ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/main Release
Ign ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/main Release
Hit ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/contrib Sources
Get:2 ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/contrib Release
Ign ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/contrib Release
Hit ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/non-free Sources
Get:3 ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/non-free Release
Ign ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/non-free Release
Reading Package Lists...
Building Dependency Tree...
#
I believe this means it contemplated downloading the Release file and later
realized it already had a copy. Nothing is actually downloaded so the
problem is only cosmetic, but it would be nice if it knew it had already
retrieved those Release files and didn't mention them at all.
zw
-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Kernel Version: Linux zack 2.2.13pre15 #1 Mon Oct 4 22:12:49 PDT 1999 i686 unknown
Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.1.2-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and timezone
ii libstdc++2.10 2.95.2-0pre2 The GNU stdc++ library
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