Ian Jackson writes ("Re: Multiple 'dpkg --compare-versions' in one process"):
> If it's really only thousands then just spawning dpkg each time should
> be fine. I just did a test of 2896 invocations of dpkg
> --compare-versions and it took 7.6s of real time on my 2GHz Athlon.Oh, and if use dash instead of bash it's 6.5s instead. Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

