Package: apt-build Version: 0.12.17 Severity: wishlist -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1
Is it really necessary for apt-build to redownload the package lists (apt-get update) EVERY time it's run? apt-get doesn't run an update every time you install a package, it just downloads the packages and installs them. I think it should be more like apt-get--you should run 'apt-build update' and then 'apt-build install whatever', and the 'install' should simply download the required packages, build them, and install them, without updating every time. This would save a lot of time, in many ways, especially when you have to manually satisfy a builddep and then re-run it, and then the round-robin DNS mirror system gives you a mirror that's down, so you have to wait for it to timeout.... - -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (650, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-k7 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages apt-build depends on: ii apt 0.6.43.3 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii apt-utils 0.6.43.3 APT utility programs ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.72 Debian configuration management sy ii devscripts 2.9.15 Scripts to make the life of a Debi ii dpkg-dev 1.13.16 package building tools for Debian ii g++ 4:4.0.2-2 The GNU C++ compiler ii gcc 4:4.0.2-2 The GNU C compiler ii libappconfig-perl 1.56-2 Perl module for configuration file ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.18+b1 Perl interface to libapt-pkg ii perl 5.8.8-3 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction Versions of packages apt-build recommends: ii build-essential 11.2 informational list of build-essent ii fakeroot 1.5.8 Gives a fake root environment - -- debconf information: apt-build/arch_alpha: ev4 apt-build/arch_arm: armv2 * apt-build/olevel: Strong * apt-build/build_dir: /var/cache/apt-build/build apt-build/arch_sparc: sparc * apt-build/arch_amd: athlon-xp * apt-build/options: apt-build/arch_intel: pentium * apt-build/make_options: * apt-build/repository_dir: /var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build/arch_amd64: x86-64 * apt-build/add_to_sourceslist: true -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEKhqM5+GdyTDsrJsRAh9kAJ9QIb2Uy9dsniNYBQzTH7P2sEJGyQCfYJO8 ++10ZlKnkVgY0ire8Hgh62M= =bsqN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
