apt-get update

Merv Curley mervc-MwcKTmeKVNQ at public.gmane.org
Mon Aug 28 20:40:57 UTC 2006


On Monday 28 August 2006 14:38, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 12:47:16PM -0400, Merv Curley wrote:
> > Sorry Giles, you missed my question.  When one does an 'apt-get update' 
> > the data that comes in must go to a file somewhere. In /var/cache/apt/ or
> > ?. Else how could you use that data for a week or two or 6?   I want to
> > be able to tell my pal in Japan where to look to see if that file is
> > there.
>
> /var/lib/apt/lists/
>
Thanks Lennart, just the thing I was hoping a Debian guru would know.

>
> Well fortunately etch and future debian's now transfer diff's rather
> than the complete Packages file, which makes apt-get update run much
> faster for most people after getting the whole file the first time.
> Should help a lot in general.  Sarge and older transfer the whole
> Packages file every time it changes (but only when it has changed).
>
> --
The Kanotix he is using is Debian etch from about May 1 with KDE 3.5.2 and 
kernel 2.6.16.   I'll watch my own file now that i know where tis.
  

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Merv Curley
Toronto, Ont. Can

Kanotix Linux  Ver 2005-4   
Desktop  KDE 3.5.1    KMail 1.2



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