Hello. Adrian Bunk schrieb: > My suggestion for the Packages file is: > > There's a Packages.bz2 additionally to the Packages.gz . apt downloads by > default the Packages.bz2, but you can tell apt to fetch the Packages.gz > instead if you do have a slow machine. This solution has the advantage > that there are no problems with old versions of apt (the Packages.gz is > still present), and if you don't want the .bz2 you can still get the .gz .
I don't understand this hysteria about compressing Packages-files. IMO it would be _much_ better (bandwith and processing-speed wise) to have it uncompressed on the servers and rsync it. How often did you have to download that whole damned 800k Packages.gz of unstable just because one single package was upgraded? apt-move uses rsync to update it's Packages, and it's a real improvement over the sledgehammer method. ciao, 2ri, sitting behind 64k/s ISDN, yawning -- The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an approaching train. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
