Updating after changing mirror

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There’s something I can’t understand about updating when changing mirrors. I post the last updates to explain what confuses me.

$ sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian stretch-updates InRelease                          
Ign:2 http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease                                  
Hit:3 http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian stretch Release                                    
Get:4 http://repo.antixlinux.com/stretch stretch InRelease [20.7 kB]                     
Get:6 http://repo.antixlinux.com/stretch stretch/main i386 Packages [170 kB]             
Get:7 http://repo.antixlinux.com/stretch stretch/nosystemd i386 Packages [144 kB]        
Hit:8 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease                               
Fetched 335 kB in 6s (48.4 kB/s)                                                         
Reading package lists... Done

So, 335 kB fetched. I run the update command again:

$ sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease
Hit:2 http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian stretch-updates InRelease                          
Ign:3 http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease                                  
Hit:4 http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian stretch Release                                    
Hit:5 http://repo.antixlinux.com/stretch stretch InRelease       
Reading package lists... Done

Nothing fetched. I suppose this is normal, because everything had fetched the first time. But, after changing the mirror:

$ sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease
Hit:2 http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian stretch-updates InRelease   
Get:3 http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/mx/antix/stretch stretch InRelease [20.7 kB]
Ign:4 http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease                                  
Hit:5 http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian stretch Release
Get:6 http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/mx/antix/stretch stretch/main i386 Packages [170 kB]
Get:7 http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/mx/antix/stretch stretch/nosystemd i386 Packages [144 kB]
Fetched 335 kB in 3s (85.3 kB/s)                           
Reading package lists... Done

So, 335 kB fetched, again. Is it normal? I run the update command again:

$ sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/mx/antix/stretch stretch InRelease
Hit:2 http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian stretch-updates InRelease
Ign:3 http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease
Hit:4 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease
Hit:5 http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian stretch Release                            
Reading package lists... Done

Nothing fetched. As I said, I suppose this is normal.
I turned it to another one mirror. It behaves the same way:

$ sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease                               
Hit:2 http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian stretch-updates InRelease                          
Ign:3 http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease                                  
Hit:4 http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian stretch Release                                    
Get:5 http://nl.mxrepo.com/antix/stretch stretch InRelease [20.7 kB]      
Get:7 http://nl.mxrepo.com/antix/stretch stretch/main i386 Packages [170 kB]
Get:8 http://nl.mxrepo.com/antix/stretch stretch/nosystemd i386 Packages [144 kB]
Fetched 335 kB in 4s (80.2 kB/s)                         
Reading package lists... Done

$ sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease
Hit:2 http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian stretch-updates InRelease                          
Ign:3 http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease                                  
Hit:4 http://nl.mxrepo.com/antix/stretch stretch InRelease                               
Hit:5 http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian stretch Release
Reading package lists... Done

Finally, I turned it to the previous mirror and:

$ sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease
Hit:2 http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian stretch-updates InRelease                          
Get:3 http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/mx/antix/stretch stretch InRelease [20.7 kB]    
Ign:4 http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease                                  
Hit:5 http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian stretch Release
Get:6 http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/mx/antix/stretch stretch/main i386 Packages [170 kB]
Get:7 http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/mx/antix/stretch stretch/nosystemd i386 Packages [144 kB]
Fetched 335 kB in 3s (85.8 kB/s)                                                         
Reading package lists... Done

335 kB fetched, again. Is it normal?

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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Yes it is normal for each repo to fetch when it is used for the first time. Although you the user know it has already done the fetching (after changing repo and back) apt doesn’t.

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Thanks for the answer.

edit: I finally decided not to edit the topic. That could pollute searching for solutions to real problems.

• This reply was modified 4 years, 10 months ago by andfree.

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