Question on apt-get update

[Dan Kegel]

On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 6:19 AM kavitha R <kavitha.r0573 at gmail.com> wrote:
> When we run "apt-get update", does it download all the packages information that will be stored in /var/lib/apt/lists/* _Packages file?

I think so.  You could use tcpdump or wireshark to confirm.

> Why do we store the package full description in a different file?

Possibly because apt was written in 1998 and it seemed like a good
idea at the time?