On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 10:04:16AM +0200, David Weinehall wrote: | > However, given the packages.gz file is much smaller than the total | > files being downloaded, is it really worth it? | | When the mirrors sync, yes, when the average user runs | | # apt-get update | # apt-get -u upgrade | | No.
Anything to back this up? I just did and apt-get update/dist-upgrade and it wants to download 86MB of stuff. Considering that I last dist-upgraded my (sid) machine just a few days ago, I suspect that for anyone running unstable the Packages.gz and Sources.gz files will be the tip of the iceberg. For anyone running stable, the Packages.gz files rarely change and so apt-get update will not normally bother to download them again. Cameron.
