apt-get update just retrieves the latest Packages.gz file, which contains a list of all packages in the archive
They are stored in /var somewhere, and are named according to distribution (stable, unstable etc) and mirror used. montefin wrote: > > Ross, > > 1.) Actually, I do an 'apt-get update' _and_ a 'dselect update' > beforehand. There is no need to do both. If you are using the apt-get method in dselect, they both do the same thing. > 2.) After apt-get has installed the woody package, I recomment the woody > lines in sources.list. > > 3.) Then, I do another 'apt-get update' _and_ another 'dselect update'. There is probably no need to do either of these. You already have the package lists from your usual archive. Matthew