> > The following command takes a long time to execute. It should read > very little, compute very little, and write absolutely nothing. > > # aptitude install some-package-that-does-not-exist > Reading Package Lists... Done
> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo" <[email protected]> > > The current version of aptitude doesn't show the packages being held, > just shows the count. > Note that it still takes over ten times longer than apt-get even in the trivial situation: # time apt-get install foobar Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package foobar real 0m2.115s user 0m1.300s sys 0m0.032s # time aptitude install foobar Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... Reading extended state information... Initializing package states... Couldn't find any package matching "foobar". However, the following packages contain "foobar" in their description: lxmusic man2html Couldn't find any package matching "foobar". However, the following packages contain "foobar" in their description: lxmusic man2html No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 508 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] n Abort. real 0m29.014s user 0m13.509s sys 0m4.744s -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
