During the bombing raid on 26 Jul 2001 11:13:01 +0200, Fran�ois Pons was heard
mumbling in fear:
> "Vox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > 3. Why is urpmi's list so big? when you do "apt-get update" you get a
> > 1.44meg file, when you do "urpmi update" (or whatever the command is..haven't
> > used urpmi in ages due to the damn size of the depfile) you get an 8+meg file!
> > why? can't this be fixed?
>
> urpmi does not just install package with dependancies, the synthesis file
> contains just the necessary to make install.
>
> Furthermore you can build hdlist from rpm file list, and this can be used to
> resolve dependencies later as well as searching file and so on, try urpmf.
Errr....apt has "apt-cache search" (in the mdk version I have
installed, this segfaults, but I've yet to try the one uploaded yesterday)
which does about the same things that I've seen urpmf do...and still uses the
same 1.44meg file...so I still don't see the need for the 8+ meg file.
> > Vox, who'd love to leave apt behind for urpmi, but can't because 8meg
> > vs 1.44 megs is a significant thing on dialup
> We will maybe add features to use only synthesis file instead of whole hdlist,
> but this may cost some features which are used (file list, used in rpmdrake
> too).
file list? as in the list of all the files inside the rpms? from what
I've seen apt-cache do, I believe apt is also aware of the contents of the
rpms, unless I'm mistaken (as I said, apt-cache in the cnc19 version is
segfaulting, and I can't install the version uploaded yesterday, because
rpm4.0-33mdk segfaults when trying to upgrade to rpm4.0.3-17mdk...I guess I
shouldn't have stayed sooo behind in upgrading rpm...but didn't want to loose
apt).
Anyway...urpmi's functionality has been recommended very much to me by
friends (who I converted to mandrake long ago)...I just hope there's a way to
urpmi over dialup without the extreme levels of pain that an 8+meg dld implies
Vox
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