What's the point? The "replacing" is already done via hardlink creation if the files are on the same filesystem. I.e. the operation is quite cheap.
Checking file contents is the expensive part but this cannot be avoided (easily). -- option on import to not replace current packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/602593 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs