Alexander Skwar wrote:
> 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.
>
>
Well rsync does binary patching, so a modified RPM that recognises
that you have a cached previous release could manufacture a local copy
of the new release by copying the old release to the new name,
and binary patching it from the new one.
Check out how rsync works on www.samba.org
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