> > Basically, on every call to apt-update that isn't completely > > trivial (ie, at least > > 1 package changed), my computer downloads the full 60 Mb of > > Contents files. This > > is irritating, for while I am often on a fast internet, I > > frequently find myself on > > a very slow connection. > > > > I know my config file enables pdiffs (and I attached it so you can > > know, too). > > The Readme talks a lot about pdiffs, and why I should enable them, > > but except for > > one sentence, it doesn't mention anything about apt update. (The > > sentence in > > question *could* be interpreted to mean that apt update will never > > download > > Pdiffs, but that is unlikely, given its context). > > > > I don't know what's the cause. If you need me to get a log file, I > > can, but > > Apt doesnt include these files in its final output: only while it > > is > > drawing progress bars. > > > > Thank you! > > Calum > > > > [...] > > > > > Hi Calum, > I am sorry to hear it does not work as expected.
> All of the Contents downloading is outsourced to apt, so most likely > it is a configuration (or a bug in apt itself). Can you provide the > output/contents of? > $ apt-config dump Acquire::IndexTargets I'll paste the full output below > file:/etc/apt/apt-file.conf (if it exists) This file doesn't exist, though I attached what I think is it's equivalent in my initial message. > This will show the effective fetching configuration for apt and apt- > file. > Relatedly, just to confirm: The bug is on the system you are > reporting > from (i.e. running testing/sid) and you run "apt update" at least > once a week. Are these assumptions of mine correct? Yes, that's correct. apt-config dump Aquire::IndexTargets output: Acquire::IndexTargets ""; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb ""; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages ""; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/binary- $(ARCHITECTURE)/Packages"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::flatMetaKey "Packages"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::ShortDescription "Packages"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::Description "$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) $(ARCHITECTURE) Packages"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::flatDescription "$(RELEASE) Packages"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::Optional "0"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations ""; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/i18n/Translation-$(LANGUAGE)"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::flatMetaKey "$(LANGUAGE)"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::ShortDescription "Translation-$(LANGUAGE)"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::Description "$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) Translation-$(LANGUAGE)"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::flatDescription "$(RELEASE) Translation-$(LANGUAGE)"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11 ""; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/dep11/Components-$(NATIVE_ARCHITECTURE).yml"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11::ShortDescription "Components- $(NATIVE_ARCHITECTURE)"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11::Description "$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) $(NATIVE_ARCHITECTURE) DEP-11 Metadata"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11::KeepCompressed "true"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11::KeepCompressedAs "gz"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-small ""; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-small::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/dep11/icons-48x48.tar"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-small::ShortDescription "icons-48x48"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-small::Description "$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) DEP-11 48x48 Icons"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-small::KeepCompressed "true"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-small::KeepCompressedAs "gz"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-small::DefaultEnabled "true"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons ""; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/dep11/icons-64x64.tar"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons::ShortDescription "icons- 64x64"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons::Description "$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) DEP-11 64x64 Icons"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons::KeepCompressed "true"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons::KeepCompressedAs "gz"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons::DefaultEnabled "true"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-hidpi ""; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-hidpi::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT) /dep11/icons-64...@2.tar"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-hidpi::ShortDescription " icons-64x64@2"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-hidpi::Description "$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) DEP-11 64x64@2 Icons"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-hidpi::KeepCompressed "true"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-hidpi::KeepCompressedAs "gz"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-hidpi::DefaultEnabled "false"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large ""; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/dep11/icons-128x128.tar"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large::ShortDescription "icons-128x128"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large::Description "$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) DEP-11 128x128 Icons"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large::KeepCompressed "true"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large::KeepCompressedAs "gz"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large::DefaultEnabled "false"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large-hidpi ""; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large-hidpi::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/dep11/icons-128x...@2.tar"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large-hidpi::ShortDescription "icons-128x128@2"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large-hidpi::Description "$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) DEP-11 128x128@2 Icons"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large-hidpi::KeepCompressed "true"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large-hidpi::KeepCompressedAs "gz"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large-hidpi::DefaultEnabled "false"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-deb ""; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-deb::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/Contents-$(ARCHITECTURE)"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-deb::ShortDescription "Contents- $(ARCHITECTURE)"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-deb::Description "$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) $(ARCHITECTURE) Contents (deb)"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-deb::flatMetaKey "Contents- $(ARCHITECTURE)"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-deb::flatDescription "$(RELEASE) Contents (deb)"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-deb::PDiffs "true"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-deb::KeepCompressed "true"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-udeb ""; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-udeb::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/Contents-udeb-$(ARCHITECTURE)"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-udeb::ShortDescription "Contents- udeb-$(ARCHITECTURE)"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-udeb::Description "$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) $(ARCHITECTURE) Contents (udeb)"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-udeb::flatMetaKey "Contents-udeb- $(ARCHITECTURE)"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-udeb::flatDescription "$(RELEASE) Contents (udeb)"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-udeb::KeepCompressed "true"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-udeb::PDiffs "true"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-udeb::DefaultEnabled "false"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-deb-legacy ""; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-deb-legacy::MetaKey "Contents- $(ARCHITECTURE)"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-deb-legacy::ShortDescription "Contents-$(ARCHITECTURE)"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-deb-legacy::Description "$(RELEASE) $(ARCHITECTURE) Contents (deb)"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-deb-legacy::PDiffs "true"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-deb-legacy::KeepCompressed "true"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-deb-legacy::Fallback-Of "Contents- deb"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-deb-legacy::Identifier "Contents- deb"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src ""; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources ""; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/source/Sources"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::flatMetaKey "Sources"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::ShortDescription "Sources"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::Description "$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) Sources"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::flatDescription "$(RELEASE) Sources"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::Optional "0"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Contents-dsc ""; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Contents-dsc::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/Contents-source"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Contents-dsc::ShortDescription "Contents-source"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Contents-dsc::Description "$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) source Contents (dsc)"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Contents-dsc::flatMetaKey "Contents- source"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Contents-dsc::flatDescription "$(RELEASE) Contents (dsc)"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Contents-dsc::PDiffs "true"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Contents-dsc::KeepCompressed "true"; Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Contents-dsc::DefaultEnabled "false";
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