Op donderdag 27 april 2006 19:50, schreef Mikus Grinbergs:
I had put my own thoughts into what information (and HOW it was expressed) was placed in my /etc/smart/channels directory [long before upgrades of smart started unconditionally modifying it]. My upset was because an upgrade of smart, WITHOUT ASKING FOR MY PERMISSION, __replaced__ some of that information with its own.
[Yes, when I next started 'smart --gui', it *did* ask permission to transfer the new information from /etc/smart/channels to its own internal cache. But as far as I was concerned, the damage had already been done -- /etc/smart/channels had been ravaged.]
I'll accept substitution of new information when the previous information is being officially deprecated -- hence my question to this list. [But your answer makes me think that the change was made for load-balancing purposes, without consideration of which index format needs less time on my dial-up line for an 'update'.]
To answer your question -- my /etc/smart/channels directory had its contents changed. Two examples of such changes:
File 'packman-gwdg.channel' was removed:
This is a problem/bug etc of the smart application (client) and of the apt repository at the server.... -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless