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List:       debian-user
Subject:    Re: repository change
From:       Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu () gmail ! com>
Date:       2011-05-23 21:02:59
Message-ID: 20110523210259.GN11146 () think ! nuvreauspam
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On Lu, 23 mai 11, 15:28:12, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> In <20110523200459.GM11146@think.nuvreauspam>, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> >You might be interested to know this
> >happens because apt will prefer the faster source for the same package,
> >since CD-ROM drives are usually faster than internet connections.
> 
> I thought was just the first source listed.  I don't think APT does any timing 
> calculations during an update that it uses during a download / install / 
> upgrade.

You're right, I should have checked first :(

According to the manpage CD-ROMs are preferred just because apt-cdrom 
(and probably the equivalent in debian-installer) is adding CD-ROM 
entries first. This of course means that another solution would be to 
just change the order of entries ;)

Regards,
Andrei
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