Bug#877668: if all "Hit"s, then apt-get update should return immediately
Package: apt
Version: 1.5
Severity: wishlist
File: /usr/bin/apt-get
Do "apt-get update" several times in a row.
# apt-get update
Hit:1 ...
Hit:2 ...
Reading package lists... Done
# apt-get update
Hit:1 ...
Hit:2 ...
Reading package lists... Done
# apt-get update
Hit:1 ...
Hit:2 ...
Reading package lists... Done
On a Cray, you won't notice the problem, but on smaller computers you
will notice that the command doesn't return right away, but instead does
the long "Reading package lists" step.
In fact that step is totally unnecessary, as we got all "Hit"s, so there
is nothing to update.
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