> > > > Am Don, 2001-10-04 um 21.07 schrieb 1002222441: > > > OK, so what we need is rsync like functionality in rpm, and a special > > > rpm server. > > > > RPM can already by itself download files from http/ftp servers. So > > what's a special server good for? And in combination with urpmi you can > > automatically download files. > > With rsync like functionality you would have do download signifcant less > if you already have the old rpm >
rsync (at least with default block size) is ineffective for compression used in RPM. You gain nothing; actually you just incur more overhead due to rsync protocol. -andrej
