Package: apt-file Severity: wishlist
When I ran: apt-file update apt-file tried to download some huge Contents.gz files, so I purged apt-file. If diffs were produced of Contents.gz files so that subsequent "apt-file update" runs were relatively brief, it would be ok, but downloading huge Contents.gz files every time one runs "apt-file update" seems inefficient and is more than what my internet connection can stand. To find file names in standard Debian packages, one can do a search on packages.debian.org. What I'd like to be able to do is specify some non-standard repositories (eg www.debian-multimedia.org), and have apt-file download the Contents.gz files for those, and use packages.debian.org to search for files in standard Debian packages (main/contrib/non-free). -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.23 (SMP w/1 CPU core; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages apt-file depends on: ii curl 7.17.1-1 Get a file from an HTTP, HTTPS or ii gzip 1.3.12-3.2 The GNU compression utility ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.21+b2 Perl interface to libapt-pkg pn libconfig-file-perl <none> (no description available) ii perl 5.8.8-12 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii wget 1.10.2-3 retrieves files from the web apt-file recommends no packages. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
