[plug] apt-get and pdiff files

[David Lloyd]

Steve,

> A couple of days ago I did an update/upgrade on debian testing, and now 
> apt-get update (version 0.6.44.2) is pulling in pdiff files instead of the 
> full package lists. According to a quick search it seems to be 'the new way', 
> but information is scarce. It cuts my apt-get update from over 8mb to 354kb, 
> which would seem to be good.

I've been using this type of upgrade for the past 4 weeks (and probably 
more) on ftp://ftp.filearena.net/ - it's no different to usual; the 
packages list IS just a text file anyway.

DSL