/var/lib/dpkg/info is of course irrelevant for this bug -- I meant to pick /var/lib/apt/lists, who's disk usage is 182MB.
Now I recall that all of this is mapped in -- does aptitude truly need all of this data in RAM at once, and is this what is causing the large memory allocation and hence thrashing -- seems about the right size? Why would we map it in all at once -- much of it is rather duplicated information. Who cares if this text appears identically in ftp.debian.org_dists_testing_main_binary-i386_Packages or ftp.debian.org_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages or mirror.aarnet.edu.au_pub_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages : Package: 3dchess Priority: optional Section: games Installed-Size: 136 Maintainer: Debian QA Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Version: 0.8.1-12 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6), libx11-6, libxext6, libxmu6, libxpm4, libxt6, xaw3dg (>= 1.5+E-1) Filename: pool/main/3/3dchess/3dchess_0.8.1-12_i386.deb Size: 33564 MD5sum: fecee217870b621286f75e528496d3b1 Description: 3D chess for X11 3 dimensional Chess game for X11R6. There are three boards, stacked vertically; 96 pieces of which most are the traditional chess pieces with just a couple of additions; 26 possible directions in which to move. The AI isn't wonderful, but provides a challenging enough game to all but the most highly skilled players. Tag: game::board:chess, interface::3d, use::gameplaying, x11::application -- TimC These days I'd use MOSFETs. 1kV 6A (use at 200VDC) ones are about $10 US. Should do a hell of a job on twisted pair Ethernet equipment. - Brian in ASR -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
