-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Larry Jones wrote: > Frank Hemer writes: >>The U/P in this case provides some extra information: >>U: new file >>P: file already there but new revision > > > That is not correct -- the server is always at liberty to do a regular > update rather than a patch. The current code compares the size of the > patch and the size of the actual file and sends whichever is smaller.
Not to mention the (admittedly rare) occasions where the server first tries to send a patch, but the checksum fails, so the server then resends the entire file. - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software. Simply. http://www.dreampossible.ca Consulting * Mentoring * Training in C/C++ * OOD * SW Development & Practices * Version Management -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDeh66LdDyDwyJw+MRAqifAKDGGYwI2GBWD9GEKFU2BaU7qSkhRQCdFSeg 7hKcQtBRosJP5D2+QDV7w/Y= =NA0m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-cvs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-cvs
