#include <hallo.h> * Marc Haber [Fri, Jun 30 2006, 08:00:57AM]: > On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:43:45 -0700, Tyler MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >Steinar H. Gunderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I usually notice the difference -- the other way. "aptitude update" on a > >> machine that hasn't been updated in a while suddenly takes minutes instead > >> of > >> seconds... > > > > Yes, this is what I'm getting at. :-) Should this be considered a > >bug in apt-get (file:// urls should never use diffs)? > > file:// URLs are not the only issue here - aptitude update is also > much slower than before on a hosted box which has 100 Mbit/s > connectivity and could load the Packages.gz in, like, two seconds.
I have doubts, have you measured the real difference? If you box is already to slow for patching then it would have fun with bzip2 as well. Eduard. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
