Version: 1.1~exp8 On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 01:12:52AM +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 1.0.3 > Severity: wishlist > > I noticed that apt does the following series of requests: > > GET http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/InRelease > GET http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2 > GET http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz > > The response for Packages.bz2 is 404, which is why it tries Packages.xz > next. But Packages.bz2 isn't included in the InRelease file, so even if it > existed, it couldn't be authenticated. > > It would be nice if apt could be smart enough to prefer compression formats > that are included in the (In)Release file, so that it can avoid unnecessary > requests.
That should be fixed in experimental, as we now only fetch stuff listed in the Release file. -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/. Be friendly, do not top-post, and follow RFC 1855 "Netiquette". - If you don't I might ignore you.
