Bug#89725: apt: Ability to do multiple operations in one invocation
On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Randolph Chung wrote:
> > 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?
I'm thinking of /var/cache/apt here, the "Need to download 0B/x" case.
/var/lib/apt cannot be checked without going online.
Simon
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