Several Months Later Update

$ sudo apt update Hit:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease Hit:2 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease Hit:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease Hit:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports InRelease Ign:5 https://proget.makedeb.org makedeb InRelease Get:5 https://proget.makedeb.org makedeb Release [7,608 B] Fetched 7,608 B in 2s (4,551 B/s) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done All packages are up to date. $ SEVERAL MONTHS LATER... $ sudo apt update Hit:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease Hit:2 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease Hit:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease Hit:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports InRelease Get:5 https://proget.makedeb.org makedeb Release [7,608 B] Fetched 7,608 B in 2s (4,551 B/s) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done All packages are up to date. $

A terminal shows the same Debian package update command and output before and after a SpongeBob-style time card reading “SEVERAL MONTHS LATER...”. The joke is that a routine update appears to take months, making it a reaction to absurdly slow progress or a task that never seems to finish.

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