[lug] Debian woes

Nick Golder nrg at nirgo.net
Tue Jan 23 22:03:10 MST 2007


On 2007-01-23 17:26 -0700, Daniel Webb wrote:
> And apt still gives that "Dynamic MMAP" error that it's had for years (Google
> for it and see how many people have gotten that over the last 5 years).  I'm
> not sure why, but the apt maintainers seem to care more about new features
> than robustness, judging from the way those bug reports are treated.

APT is robust in that it allows you to increase the cache limit
(APT::Cache-Limit) and not get "Dynamic MMap" errors.  The developers
increasing the default is a double edged sword - damned if they do, damned if
they don't.

-- 
-Nick Golder



More information about the LUG mailing list