On Wed, 14 Aug 2002, aurelio wrote: > In man apt-get, under option "check", it says: > > "updates the package cache > and checks for broken dependencies" > > Does "updates the package cache" here mean > in effect an "apt-get update"?
Given that it says it is a diagnostic tool I think you can safely assume that it makes no changes at all, and indeed 'apt-get update' does not mention anything about caches, and 'apt-get check' doesn't mention anything about external syncronization. Jason
