On Wednesday 22 November 2006 22:22, anson wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 12:46:07PM +0530, Amit Joshi wrote: > >> While trying to upgrade my Debian Testing system, it shows me a horde of > >> packages that could be upgraded. But take a look at the bottom of this > >> output where it mentions the size et al. The size of the _to_be_fetched_ > >> packages is 227MB, while it is gonna use around 1.5MB of disk-space?? > >> > >> Kinda weird..I don't understand. I would simply download the single > >> 1.5MB Package, right? > > > > Any chance that the to-be=fetched package is compressed, and it has to > > be uncompressed during installation to be useful? > > > > -- hendrik > > The thing to remember is that all these packages are already installed. > The new versions total 227MB, but the _difference_ in installed size is > only 1.5MB > > Regards, > > Anson
Oh..I see. Thanks for the info. :) Maybe I will simulate this upgrade and see what versions are the packages gonna be upgraded to. Also, do all of you do a daily upgrade of your "Debian Testing" to stay uptodate and avoid bulk upgrades? -- Regards, Amit. Remember fellas, what we do in life echoes in eternity! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
