* Hall Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010810 17:35]: > > * Hall Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [010810 16:43]: > > > > for up-to-date and for bandwith reasons i have > > > > multiple debian mirrors in my sources.list, a close > > > > one (which i hope is faster) and the official master > > > > (which i believe is updated first): > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > Now if i do 'dselect update' or 'apt-get update' most > > > > of the time i see two 'Packages' files being > > > > downloaded, which, if they are what i find in > > > > /var/lib/apt/lists, are equal. Is there any possibility > > > > or plan to stop this double download? (As you can > > > > see i'm running woody, but i wouldn't mind installing > > > > some - not too many! - packages from sid). > > > > > > I think it has to download the packages file from both > > > sites in order to compare and see which has the newer > > > packages available. Doesn't that make sense ?? If it > > > gets the list from your close mirror and doesn't check > > > the official site, you may always be a package-revision > > > behind... > > > > > > > Wouldn't a checksum be enough? > > Doesn't a checksum just tell you it's *valid* or official > package ?? I don't think it knows nor cares which is newer. > > Hall
I only want to know if the package *list* files of two mirrors are equal or not. They are about 1.2 MB now and i do apt-get update at least once a day. I just hate waiting the double time. As apt-get update skips unchanged Packages.gz files already these checksums already have to exist. Any new opinions? Karsten -- Karsten Heymann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Netzwerkverwaltung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Forschungsstelle für Ökosystemtechnik Universität Kiel
