On Mon, 4 May 1998, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > On Mon, 4 May 1998, Jules Bean wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > Just installed apt_0.0.8. My impression is that it is significantly faster > > than dpkg-ftp. Could be pyschological, though ;) > > No, it probably is. It advoids alot of the time consuming steps, read the > status file faster, and with HTTP downloads faster too. I don't think we > loose any of the safty of that dpkg-ftp had either.
Wow! it certainly is faster here behind a firewall. Especially the update part in dselect is much quicker with http than through the ftp-proxy. I love the staus display too. It is a bit "jumpy" though, maybe you want to printf the numbers etc. in a fixed-size field. Oh, and an expected TOA per package would be a nice finishing touch (I'm getting carried away I guess ;-). One thing though: when I installed apt 0.8, it replaced deity (I had even forgotten that I still had that.) When I ran dselect and exited the select screen, it complained about apt and deity conflicting. I think deity should have been gone by then? (It showed up -*- in the conflict screen.) Maybe it is related to this: /var/lib/dpkg/info/deity.postrm: [: --: binary operator expected Cheers, Joost -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
