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Some APT lists under /var/lib/apt/lists time stamp is not updated when
running apt-get so every time apt-get downloads them again which result
in very big download size.
Doing "touch" to the affect file list solves the problem.
This is affecting 14.04
# apt-cache policy apt
apt:
Installed: 1.0.1ubuntu2
Candidate: 1.0.1ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 1.0.1ubuntu2 0
500 http://76.73.4.58/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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apt-get doesn't update lists timestamp
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1310592
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