> It does cache timestamps, but it has no way of knowing if a new site had > the same package files as the old one, often it is switching because of > outofdateness or corruption.
I mean, I am using two of my favourite sites in source.list. One of them is down, apt-get complaints. I remove it. A bit later it's back in business. I re-add it to the source list. The problem is, apt-get now downloads the packages file again. I've tested it. I've ran 3 apt-get update sessions: 1. with the 2 sites 2. only one of them (apt-get purges cached data for the other site, I believe) 3. again, with the two site config IMHO apt-get should not purge data for removed sites. Apt would delete them after lying there a month or so (config) unused. Admins also should purge unused data by using a (new) command. BTW. I have an imho nice feature on my mind. It would be great to have apt to download packages for an _other_ machine. User would supply the other machine's status file and a directory to which to downoad the archives. If you say implement it yourself, that's ok. :) (In this case please add me to this list) Best regards, rob - László, Róbert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.sch.bme.hu/~rob Have I said apt is great?
