>> Sometime when I run the "update" command ('u'), I see what >> appears to be new info (last time about 500kB) for the DB being >> transfered. Yet, when the display is redrawn, neither new nor >> updated packages are listed.
fe> Updating the Package and Release file is more in the 3 MB order fe> of magnitude. Yes, that's what I normally see ... maybe closer to 4 MB? I sure wish just those files -- not the package files themselves -- could be obtained using 'rsync'. Why reload them in their entirety each time when they normally have few changes? [ Some of you might recall that my home system is on a *slow* dialup line ...] My previous investigations have shown that the "'rsync' issue" has been discussed before and created a small "war". But those discussions had *everything* using 'rsync'. I would just like the "package and release" files to use it. Ftp would be find for the .deb's ... >> What is really going on here? My theory is that there *are* >> updates, but only to programs that I don't have installed ... fe> This is one possibility, but recently this might rather stem fe> from the testing migration scripts ("britney") being fe> broken. AFAIK the bug has been found and testing migration fe> should run again now. Ah, hadn't known about that! I did notice, however, that the "shorter" (500kB) transfers only started occurring recently. Thanks, Florian, for your comments! -Kenneth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]