On Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 01:36:14PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: > Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote: > > consider package that has no dep, rec nor sug field. > > now it was possible to simply select and install it > > but with ench field the whole database has to be scaned > > one more time for each package > > Dpkg already has to load the whole database. It needs to see if anything > currently installed conflicts with the package, etc.
oops, i forgot that we already have an reverse field you're right, simply adding ench wont significantly slow down dpkg
