On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 6:19 AM kavitha R <[email protected]> wrote: > When we run "apt-get update", does it download all the packages information > that will be stored in /var/lib/apt/lists/* _Packages file?
I think so. You could use tcpdump or wireshark to confirm. > Why do we store the package full description in a different file? Possibly because apt was written in 1998 and it seemed like a good idea at the time? -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
