Re: [PROPOSED] Change package relations policy to remove references to non-free from main
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- Subject: Re: [PROPOSED] Change package relations policy to remove references to non-free from main
- From: Tomasz Wegrzanowski <maniek@beer.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 23:53:19 +0100
- Message-id: <[🔎] 19991130235319.A1530@priv3.onet.pl>
- In-reply-to: <19991130133614.P16162@kitenet.net>; from joeyh@debian.org on Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 01:36:14PM -0800
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On Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 01:36:14PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote:
> > consider package that has no dep, rec nor sug field.
> > now it was possible to simply select and install it
> > but with ench field the whole database has to be scaned
> > one more time for each package
>
> Dpkg already has to load the whole database. It needs to see if anything
> currently installed conflicts with the package, etc.
oops, i forgot that we already have an reverse field
you're right, simply adding ench wont significantly slow down dpkg
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