Package: apt Version: 0.3.13 Severity: wishlist This is my sources.list: deb ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb-src ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb http://nonus.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
When there are no updated files to retrieve, apt-get considers downloading the 'Release' files for ftp.cdrom.com twice: once for the deb line, once for the deb-src line. # apt-get upgrade Hit ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/main Packages Hit ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/main Release Hit ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/contrib Packages Hit http://nonus.debian.org unstable/non-US/main Packages Hit http://nonus.debian.org unstable/non-US/main Release Hit http://nonus.debian.org unstable/non-US/contrib Packages Hit http://nonus.debian.org unstable/non-US/contrib Release Hit http://nonus.debian.org unstable/non-US/non-free Packages Hit http://nonus.debian.org unstable/non-US/non-free Release Hit ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/contrib Release Hit ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/non-free Packages Hit ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/non-free Release Hit ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/main Sources Get:1 ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/main Release Ign ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/main Release Hit ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/contrib Sources Get:2 ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/contrib Release Ign ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/contrib Release Hit ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/non-free Sources Get:3 ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/non-free Release Ign ftp://ftp.cdrom.com unstable/non-free Release Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... # I believe this means it contemplated downloading the Release file and later realized it already had a copy. Nothing is actually downloaded so the problem is only cosmetic, but it would be nice if it knew it had already retrieved those Release files and didn't mention them at all. zw -- System Information Debian Release: potato Kernel Version: Linux zack 2.2.13pre15 #1 Mon Oct 4 22:12:49 PDT 1999 i686 unknown Versions of the packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.1.2-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and timezone ii libstdc++2.10 2.95.2-0pre2 The GNU stdc++ library
