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Bug#188407: apt: Keep the package lists in /var/lib/apt/lists compressed with gzip



tag 188407 patch
thanks

Ivan Todoroski [2003-04-10  4:27 +0200]:
> Make APT store the downloaded lists gzipped and unzip them on the fly when
> loading, cause they take a lot of space on old and small dedicated Debian
> systems (routers, firewalls, X terminals, etc).

This has hurt us as well on small-footprint project, so I created a
branch to support this:

  https://code.launchpad.net/~pitti/apt/compressed-indexes/+merge/27382

I have this running for two weeks now, and I think I ironed out most
of the warts.

Comments appreciated.

Thanks,

Martin

-- 
Martin Pitt                        | http://www.piware.de
Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com)  | Debian Developer  (www.debian.org)

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