On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Simon Richter wrote: > I'm thinking of the general case that APT might have to ask for net access > first. This is true for laptops, our IDS box (which is firewalled) and > people behind dialup links. This wishlist bug asks for some smart logic in > APT to determine when network access is needed.
Network access is needed unconditionally for 'apt-get update' thus your request to have multiple operations won't help you at all. Jason

