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List:       ubuntu-devel-discuss
Subject:    Re: Question on apt-get update
From:       Dan Kegel <dank () kegel ! com>
Date:       2019-09-26 0:40:13
Message-ID: CAPF-yOZd0Zo4W4uZxjCoVUUmabTWeNM6K0fwPwpqt3i+Haf3qQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 6:19 AM kavitha R <kavitha.r0573@gmail.com> 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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