Borsenkow Andrej wrote:
>
>>>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
>
Not true, have you used Ron Stoddens rsync....pl script,
All I can say is that it is almost like magic watching
it update a 2 Meg RPM on 15 seconds on a 56K dialup link.
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