[debian-boot is not the right list for this.. debian-user is] Dave Rave wrote: > when running apt-get update, and its reading the files, it says > > "file rred" instead of "file read" > > Its been that way for a while now. maybe whoever updated the updater > didn't speaka d'englishe.
rred is a form of patch syntax, which allows updating the Packages files without re-downloading the entire file each time. It is based on the format used by ed(1), or more specifically red(1). There's a /usr/lib/apt/methods/rred program that apt runs to do this. -- see shy jo
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