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2020-10-22 , 09:48
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Originally Posted by pichlo View Post
What would that reason be, if I may ask?

"Hey, we are updating most packages on the system, almost certainly breaking the package cache consistency. But hey, let's keep updating the cache a 'separate action'. It makes perfect sense!"
Wrong.
Take Debian stable for example:
You can keep installing packages that fit the current level of up-to-dateness of your system.
You can succesfully install software without updating the sources databases.
That makes sense.
Not for my personal habits, not for a rolling release distro, but it does make sense.

AFAIK Sailfish OS works on the same principles, it's a release-based distro with software catalogs stored locally.
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