On Sat, Jul 09, 2016 at 09:26:11PM +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 1.3~pre2 > Usertags: serious > > "apt-get clean" makes apt-cache slooooooooooow: > > $ time apt-cache show apt > /dev/null > > real 0m0.270s > user 0m0.232s > sys 0m0.028s > > $ sudo apt-get clean > > $ time apt-cache show apt > /dev/null > > real 0m4.118s > user 0m3.072s > sys 0m0.312s > > > The manpage says that this command "clean clears out the local repository of > retrieved package files" so I wouldn't expect it to have any effect on > apt-cache. >
That was the case, but we made clean clean the cache files too to catch broken caches. So it's a documentation issue (or we could regenerate the cache during clean...) -- Debian Developer - deb.li/jak | jak-linux.org - free software dev When replying, only quote what is necessary, and write each reply directly below the part(s) it pertains to (`inline'). Thank you.
