Re: [expert] Why is urpmi such a pain in the ...?

[Avi Schwartz]

On Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at 11:38 AM, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote:

Avi Schwartz wrote:

Also downloading the list of files can be a major pain.  Couple of 
15MB lists can take awhile, even at IDSL speeds (144K) not to mention 
dial-up speeds.
Avi
and set up an update source that uses rsync instead of ftp or http. 
Then when you run "urpmi.update -a" it will download only the 
differences in the list instead of the whole list.

That's great, I wasn't aware that there are sites allowing rsync.

Avi


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