Bug#89725: apt: Ability to do multiple operations in one invocation
> What is the point is that APT should be able to dial up as needed (For
> example, there is no point in dialing up when the files are already
> cached, but a wrapper shell script cannot know this), and sometimes you
ok, i don't get it. if you are not yet connected to the net, how would
you know if the cached files (do you mean the contents of /var/cache/apt
and /var/lib/apt?) are up-to-date?
if you are using a local caching web proxy, wouldn't the web proxy be a better
thing to handle the dialing?
randolph
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