Not only does apt fetch packages with the same source package twice, it seems to fetch every package from every source that has the latest version!
<snip> Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done 19 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded. Need to get 17.1MB of archives. After unpacking 110kB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Get:1 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main tetex-bin 1.0.7+20000807-8 [2871kB] Err ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main tetex-bin 1.0.7+20000807-8 Unable to fetch file, server said '/pub/linux/debian/pool/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_1.0.7+20000807-8_i386.deb: No such file or directory ' Get:2 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main libqt2.2 2:2.2.4-5 [1888kB] Get:3 http://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/main tetex-bin 1.0.7+20000807-8 [2871kB] Get:4 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main libc6 2.2.2-1 [3236kB] Get:5 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main modutils 2.4.2-1 [175kB] Get:6 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main bin86 0.15.4-1 [80.0kB] Get:7 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main libc6-dev 2.2.2-1 [2282kB] Get:8 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main libkpathsea3 1.0.7+20000807-8 [33.9kB] Get:9 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main locales 2.2.2-1 [2966kB] Get:10 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main telnet 0.17-8 [69.8kB] Get:11 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main debhelper 3.0.6 [179kB] Get:12 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main fetchmail 5.6.6-2 [397kB] Get:13 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main glibc-doc 2.2.2-1 [2477kB] Get:14 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main knews 1.0b.1-3 [217kB] Get:15 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main liblcms 1.07-1 [52.7kB] Get:16 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main libtimedate-perl 1.10-3 [25.8kB] Get:17 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main rwho 0.17-2 [12.7kB] Get:18 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main rwhod 0.17-2 [17.0kB] Get:19 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main xmailbox 2.5-8.3 [40.9kB] Get:20 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main xviddetect 0.3-3 [57.8kB] Get:21 http://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/main libqt2.2 2:2.2.4-5 [1888kB] Get:22 http://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/main libc6 2.2.2-1 [3236kB] Get:23 http://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/main modutils 2.4.2-1 [175kB] Get:24 http://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/main bin86 0.15.4-1 [80.0kB] Get:25 http://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/main libc6-dev 2.2.2-1 [2282kB] Get:26 http://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/main libkpathsea3 1.0.7+20000807-8 [33.9kB] Get:27 http://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/main locales 2.2.2-1 [2966kB] . . . </snip> At 21 thru 27, it fetched the packages that were already fetched at 2 thru 9. I interrupted the download and restarted apt-get, to see what happened: <snip> Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done 19 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded. Need to get 6513kB/17.1MB of archives. After unpacking 110kB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Get:1 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main locales 2.2.2-1 [2966kB] Err ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main locales 2.2.2-1 Unable to fetch file, server said '/pub/linux/debian/pool/main/g/glibc/locales_2.2.2-1_all.deb: No such file or directory ' Get:2 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main telnet 0.17-8 [69.8kB] Get:3 http://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/main locales 2.2.2-1 [2966kB] Get:4 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main debhelper 3.0.6 [179kB] Get:5 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main fetchmail 5.6.6-2 [397kB] Get:6 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main glibc-doc 2.2.2-1 [2477kB] Get:7 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main knews 1.0b.1-3 [217kB] Get:8 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main liblcms 1.07-1 [52.7kB] Get:9 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main libtimedate-perl 1.10-3 [25.8kB] Get:10 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main rwho 0.17-2 [12.7kB] Get:11 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main rwhod 0.17-2 [17.0kB] Get:12 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main xmailbox 2.5-8.3 [40.9kB] Get:13 ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net unstable/main xviddetect 0.3-3 [57.8kB] Get:14 http://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/main telnet 0.17-8 [69.8kB] Get:15 http://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/main debhelper 3.0.6 [179kB] Get:16 http://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/main fetchmail 5.6.6-2 [397kB] Get:17 http://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/main glibc-doc 2.2.2-1 [2477kB] Get:18 http://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/main knews 1.0b.1-3 [217kB] Get:19 http://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/main liblcms 1.07-1 [52.7kB] Get:20 http://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/main libtimedate-perl 1.10-3 [25.8kB] Get:21 http://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/main rwho 0.17-2 [12.7kB] Get:22 http://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/main rwhod 0.17-2 [17.0kB] Get:23 http://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/main xmailbox 2.5-8.3 [40.9kB] Get:24 http://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable/main xviddetect 0.3-3 [57.8kB] Fetched 6513kB in 2m2s (53.1kB/s) </snip> Wow. The packages that weren't fetched twice the first time (because I interrupted apt) are fetched again, twice! BTW, I am still using dselect, so the command used here is 'apt-get dselect-upgrade'. Remco -- qn-195-66-31-144: 2:00pm up 27 days, 19:26, 14 users, load average: 3.08, 2.26, 1.94
