Bug#1004583: overwriting {,src}pkgcache.bin on near-every APT call strains flash

2022-02-09 Thread Ivan Shmakov
> On 2022-02-01 12:27:50 +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > Control: reopen -1 I know there’re different approaches to this, but I believe that a report shouldn’t be closed so long as it describes a behavior that’s a. reproducible and b. known to affect at least

Bug#1004583: overwriting {,src}pkgcache.bin on near-every APT call strains flash

2022-02-01 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Control: reopen -1 On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 07:10:34PM +, Ivan Shmakov wrote: > A proper solution would be to move to some file format that > allows in-place updates, such as Berkeley DB or SQLite. No it would not be. The best we can do, and maybe should do is move pkgcache.bin to

Bug#1004583: overwriting {,src}pkgcache.bin on near-every APT call strains flash

2022-01-30 Thread Ivan Shmakov
Package: apt Version: 2.3.14 Severity: minor Control: found -1 1.8.2.3 [Please do not Cc: me, for I’m “on the list,” so to say, and I try to reserve my inbox for private communication only. I’d have set up Mail-Followup-To:, but there doesn’t seem to be a way to