On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:

> > > It needs to know what version/source package to download. How on earth did
> > 
> > why on earth does it need the dpkg status file for that ? 
> 
> Because the dpkg status file has the current version and Sources: lines
> for packages :>

Then why does apt download the Sources files from the mirrors ? what are
they used for ?

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