On 2000-04-27 23:06:23 -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > The IMS time apt-get is requesting is the last modified time on the > > /var/state/apt/lists/ file, which is being updated each run! > > This is correct, however it should remain completely constant. The file is > *never* written to. Are you using some odd funky filesystem/kernel? If, in > fact, that time stamp on those file change, ever, then that is the > problem! > > Can you investigate that specficially?
Well the odd funky filesystem is ext2, the odd funky kernel is 2.2.15pre17 and 2.3.99pre* (* currently == 6). I'm not aware of anything in these kernels which would cause such problems. Here's some interesting info from stat: File: "/var/state/apt/lists/debian.topic.com.au_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages" Size: 3203423 Blocks: 6280 Regular File Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root) Device: 1601 Inode: 2526591 Links: 1 Access: Mon May 1 16:37:32 2000 Modify: Mon May 1 09:23:08 2000 Change: Mon May 1 09:23:25 2000 Note how the Change and Modify dates differ. I don't think this is normal. -- Matt
