Submitted 05-May-00 by Albert Ricart Casadevall:
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| Hi, when I make a rsync from a host with the -avl --delete options, it
| deletes the old files... etc... I want to know how does it see that a
| package is old? With the rpms i suppose rsync uses the version numbres,
Actually, that is partially correct. In that case it is going by filename, and
the new version/release number kills the old file.
| but what about the other files without version numbers? does rsync use the
| date or tme of the file?
Yes, but on files with the same name (I use -varlt --delete --progress) it
actually compares the files and downloads the neccessary parts. For example, a
file that is GPG signed and has the signature replaced (not something you'll
find here, but it's a good example) would only download the changed signature.
| I ask this because I want to know if when some
| packages change and the dependency files change too, and the packages
| lists.. etc, does rsync get these other new files as well as the new
| RPM's?
Yes, rsync gets all of that.
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