On Fri, 5 Jun 1998, Joey Hess wrote: > > If I am correct, this means that dpkg only needs to rebuild the database > > from scratch if the sysadmin has edited one or more of the text files. > > This could mean a much shorter startup time for dpkg. > > Doesn't apt already use a cache database? Seems the code is alreaqdy > written, then..
APT caches the Package.gz files, in some situations there can be around 4-6 meg of uncompressed Package files that it needs to deal with. A similar techinique could be applied to the info files. Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
