On 08.07.2026 17:28, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
On 8/7/26 11:27, Michael Tokarev wrote:
No, running it again should not be needed. Unless we change
/etc/apt/sources.list.
The problem we want to address is wrt remote content going out of
sync; we need to run 'apt update' previous to any 'apt' call which
use the remote.
It's definitely not required to be this way. Running `apt update' once,
when creating containers, is enough. Any subsequent apt install &Co
will be run "soon enough" to avoid worrying about cache going out of
sync. Even if meanwhile a new version of some package has been uploaded,
old version is available for some time (usually at least a day).
So no, running `apt update' before every `apt install' and similar
is not necessary.
And sure, you can do it - it's just some wasted time.
Thanks,
/mjt
