On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 03:18:18PM -0400, David Walluck wrote:
> > Don't use FTP, use rsync - it will automatically compare all local
> > and server files of the same name in the nominated directory using
> > clever algorithms and download only the differences and patch them
> > in. It is very fast and totally reliable. Read man rsync.
>
> I do't have the diskspace to host 700+ MB of RPMS. This is why I don't
> like autorpm either. What I need is for something to check against the RPM
> *database*, not the actual files on the system. Then, download the updated
> package, automatically install, then remove the new package file from the
> disk. This way I could stay up-to-date and save disksapce too. I only have
> around 2G for disk, which these days is pretty small.
Doesn't autorpm check against the rpm database? I'm pretty sure it
does...
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