Bug#193525: marked as done (apt: must download entire packages file just to make sure got the latest)
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From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@dman.ddts.net>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: apt: must download entire packages file just to make sure got the
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Package: apt
Version: 0.5.4
Severity: wishlist
File: /usr/bin/apt-get
For us offline modem users, is there a better way, when one wants the
ease of
# apt-get install some-tiny-package
but doesn't want the overhead of
# apt-get update
almost every day, just to make sure one is getting the latest
some-tiny-package.
So it occurred to me that instead of fetching e.g.
http://debian.linux.org.tw/debian/pool/main/l/linkchecker/linkchecker_1.8.12-1_i386.deb
why not fetch
http://debian.linux.org.tw/debian/pool/main/l/linkchecker/linkchecker_latest.deb
i.e. a symlink to the latest version on the server.
Indeed, my miracle idea could be phased in without disturbing the
present system, and */*_latest.deb's on the server wouldn't disturb anything.
For simple packages that just get newer, this seems like it will
work...
Oh, then one must rename the package after retrieval. Also maybe the
dependencies have changed....
Ok, well that was fun, never mind.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux debian 2.4.20-k7 #1 Tue Jan 14 00:29:06 EST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=zh_TW.Big5, LC_CTYPE=zh_TW.Big5
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.1-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.4-15 The GNU stdc++ library
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From: Filip Van Raemdonck <mechanix@debian.org>
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Subject: Re: Bug#193525: apt: must download entire packages file just to make sure got the latest
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On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 10:23:59AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
>
> http://debian.linux.org.tw/debian/pool/main/l/linkchecker/linkchecker_latest.deb
> i.e. a symlink to the latest version on the server.
<snip>
> Also maybe the dependencies have changed....
Exactly. You point out that it's impossible to do this, yet you do file
a bug.
> Ok, well that was fun, never mind.
Regards,
Filip
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