Package: apt Version: 0.7.25.3 Severity: wishlist
I have a broadband 'Net connection, and apt could utilize this by pulling multiple DEB files in parallel when those files are available from multiple repository mirrors in sources.list. I looked through the bug reports for apt and saw several bandwidth LIMITING requests, this is the opposite. When INDIVIDUAL DEB files are available, such as from volitile, Virtualbox, debian-multimedia or backports, those DEB files are pulled by apt in parallel while also pulling DEB files from the standard repositories. So at the start of a serious update/upgrade/install, I see full network utilization until the unique repositories are finished. But when there is more than one repository in sources.list that contains the same DEB files, only the first listed source is utilized so only a single DEB file is being downloaded, one at a time, even if hundreds of mirrored standard packages are being updated. I have more than one "official" Debian mirrors in my sources.list, thank you apt-spy, and if different DEB files were pulled from each of them in parallel, this would better utilize my 'Net connection, as well as spreading the load across different mirrors. Thank you for listening, Curt- -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "i386"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "1"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; APT::Acquire ""; APT::Acquire::Translation "environment"; APT::Authentication ""; APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image.*"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::userstatus "status.user"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::netrc "auth.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; Dir::Media ""; Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/apt"; Dir::Log "var/log/apt"; Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Tools ""; DPkg::Tools::Options ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2"; -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- # See sources.list(5) for more information, especialy # Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs # CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool. #deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free #deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates main contrib non-free # New for Lenny! #deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile squeeze/volatile main contrib non-free # deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib non-free # Uncomment if you want the apt-get source function to work #deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free #deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US deb ftp://debian.mirror.iweb.ca/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free deb http://debian.yorku.ca/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free deb http://mirror.peer1.net/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free #deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main non-free contrib #Unofficial Mplayer deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org squeeze main non-free #Backports for WICD and etc #deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free #VirtualBox deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lenny non-free -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-3-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2009.01.31 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii libc6 2.10.2-9 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libgcc1 1:4.4.4-1 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.4.4-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 apt recommends no packages. Versions of packages apt suggests: pn apt-doc <none> (no description available) ii aptitude 0.6.1.5-3 terminal-based package manager (te ii bzip2 1.0.5-4 high-quality block-sorting file co pn dpkg-dev <none> (no description available) ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in ii python-apt 0.7.94.2 Python interface to libapt-pkg -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
