On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 11:20:47AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 0.6.44 > Severity: wishlist
Thanks for your bugreport. > When you don't apt-get update for a while, downloading all the pdiffs > instead of the full file is actually much longer. There should be a limit > of days without update after which apt would get the full file and not the > pdiffs. [..] Currently the implementation will not limit the number of fetched pdiff files. This is certainly a interessting option. > PS: Is there a way to totally disable the pdiff stuff ? With decent > bandwidth, it actually takes more times than downloading the full file... > (Or is the goal to reduce the bandwitdh on the server side ?) It is possible to disable the pdiff files with: apt-get update -o Acquire::PDiffs=false Cheers, Michael -- Linux is not The Answer. Yes is the answer. Linux is The Question. - Neo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
