Re: Could/should you set Dir::Cache::{pkgcache, srcpkgcache} = ""; if all you are doing is locally downloading dependencies of an installation package?

From	David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Could/should you set Dir::Cache::{pkgcache, srcpkgcache} = ""; if all you are doing is locally downloading dependencies of an installation package?
Date	2023-12-07 07:00 +0100
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On Wed 06 Dec 2023 at 22:40:23 (+0000), Albretch Mueller wrote:
>  What I had been doing is use "depends" to get all dependencies

I did that.

> and
> then download each of them.

I did that too. Not all of them, of course, as I don't need or want
all those packages.

> I think that is why I was getting those
> repeated binary files.

You haven't posted what they look like or precisely when they appear:
at the depends stage or the download?

> I thought when you said "download" you just
> meant "download".

Well, yes, and I just posted it:   apt-get download acl2
Usually I just use   apt-get -d install acl2   but in the interests
of replication, I copied your "apt-get download" version.

My only guess, not knowing or seeing your system, is that your
packages cache /var/cache/apt/{src,}pkgcache.bin is screwed,
and so a new one has to be rebuilt every time.

Cheers,
David.

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Could/should you set Dir::Cache::{pkgcache, srcpkgcache} = ""; if all  you are doing is locally downloading dependencies of an installation package? Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2023-11-30 22:10 +0100
  Re: Could/should you set Dir::Cache::{pkgcache, srcpkgcache} = "";  if all you are doing is locally downloading dependencies of an installation  package? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2023-11-30 22:40 +0100
  Re: Could/should you set Dir::Cache::{pkgcache, srcpkgcache} = "";  if all you are doing is locally downloading dependencies of an installation  package? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-12-01 00:00 +0100
    Re: Could/should you set Dir::Cache::{pkgcache, srcpkgcache} = "";  if all you are doing is locally downloading dependencies of an installation  package? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-01 01:10 +0100
    Re: Could/should you set Dir::Cache::{pkgcache, srcpkgcache} = ""; if  all you are doing is locally downloading dependencies of an installation package? Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2023-12-02 03:20 +0100
      Re: Could/should you set Dir::Cache::{pkgcache, srcpkgcache} = "";  if all you are doing is locally downloading dependencies of an installation  package? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-12-02 04:40 +0100
        Re: Could/should you set Dir::Cache::{pkgcache, srcpkgcache} = ""; if  all you are doing is locally downloading dependencies of an installation package? Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2023-12-04 22:30 +0100
          Re: Could/should you set Dir::Cache::{pkgcache, srcpkgcache} = "";  if all you are doing is locally downloading dependencies of an installation  package? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-12-05 00:20 +0100
            Re: Could/should you set Dir::Cache::{pkgcache, srcpkgcache} = ""; if  all you are doing is locally downloading dependencies of an installation package? Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2023-12-06 23:50 +0100
              Re: Could/should you set Dir::Cache::{pkgcache, srcpkgcache} = "";  if all you are doing is locally downloading dependencies of an installation  package? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-12-07 07:00 +0100

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