"apt-get update" didn't update /var/lib/apt/lists/*_Packages file. *It's very unclear when these files get updated.*
I modified one of the package version in /var/lib/apt/lists/*_Packages file. Then I ran apt-get, but the my change is not reverted in /var/lib/apt/lists/*_Packages. I did notice that the /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin (and srcpkgcache.bin) are updated everytime I run "apt-get update". But the cache files are created based on /var/lib/apt/lists/*_Package files so it make sense to download and update these file when we run "apt-get update". But it's not the existing behavior. On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 5:40 PM Dan Kegel <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 6:19 AM kavitha R <[email protected]> wrote: > > When we run "apt-get update", does it download all the packages > information that will be stored in /var/lib/apt/lists/* _Packages file? > > I think so. You could use tcpdump or wireshark to confirm. > > > Why do we store the package full description in a different file? > > Possibly because apt was written in 1998 and it seemed like a good > idea at the time? >
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