On 2022-03-15, Cousin Stanley <cousinstan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Whether or not you want to see it >> is a different issue. > > I understand this. > >> The data is already on your system, so >> there's no transmission happening. > > I do not understand this. > > I was under the impression that > package information returned by .... > > apt-cache show some-package > > for packages that I have not installed > would not be downloaded onto my system > until I actually requested it.
'apt update' downloads the package metadata; when if you give apt the update flag you request exactly that.
