Paul E Condon writes: > [Apt-cache] operates as a kind of proxy between your computer and the > Debian repository out on the internet. It keeps copies of all the > packages that you download so that, if you want to download again in > order to install on another computer, you already have a copy of the > package preserved from the first download.
Apt maintains the cache. Apt-cache merely searches and manipulates it. It does not require an Internet connection. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
