Re: Bug#43672: apt: "Need to get ____kB of archives..." line is inaccurate for interrupted downloads
On Sat, 28 Aug 1999 njs@uclink4.berkeley.edu wrote:
> You probably already know this, and it's no big deal, but if the download
> of a package has been interrupted, then the initial estimate of how much
> needs to be downloaded does not take that into account; it just assumes
> that every package to be installed must be downloaded in full.
The initial value is 'worst case' it does not know if it can resume the
file until it actually goes to fetch it.
Jason
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