Jack Wilkinson on Mon, 3 Jan 2000 17:55:14 -0500 (EST)


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RE: apt (was: Re: [Plug] redhat 6.1 insllation)


a typical apt-get update is about 800k with potato.  Slink is significantly
smaller, since there aren't nearly as many packages in that, the current
stable version.

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Subject: Re: apt (was: Re: [Plug] redhat 6.1 insllation)


On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Michael C. Toren wrote:

> Because the cache of available packages also includes version numbers,
> it's possible for apt-get to build a list of packages available with newer
> versions than you currently have installed.  "apt-get update" generates
> such a list, and fetches the newer versions.

Yes, and how much of the file does it need to download in order to get the
information?

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