Re: apt-cache dumpavail > /tmp/apt-chace; dpkg --update-avail /tmp/apt-chace;

[Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ualberta.ca>]

On Sat, 25 Dec 1999, Shaul Karl wrote:

> I want to avoid the need to run update from within dselect after apt-get 
> dist-upgrade by writing the lines
> 	
> 	Post-Invoke {
> 		"apt-cache dumpavail > /tmp/apt-chace";
> 		"dpkg --update-avail /tmp/apt-cache";
> 		"rm -v /tmp/apt-chace";
> 	        "mount -o remount,ro /usr";
> 	};

> Is that reasonable? Are there any issues of file locking, breaking the regular 
> backups of the available and status files or other things that needs special 
> care?

In theory you can simply do 'apt-cache dumpavail >
/var/lib/dpkg/available' the dpkg --update-avail step is somewhat
redundant. 

Jason