From: "Fran�ois Pons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Le jeu 28/11/2002 � 13:53, Lea Gris a �crit : >> With urpmi you *have* to download entire filelists everytime you want to >> download/upgrade package from constantly upgrading mirrors because >> serverside new or updated packages don't magically go to your local >> filelist. You have to get an updated one everytime. > >I may not have been clear enough, you may want to download synthesis >file instead of hdlist one, but you will lack urpmf support. But >synthesis file size is approximately 140 KB instead of 22.5 MB to be >precise on hdlist size you have. > >A lot of other cooker contributors have already posted these remarks >yet. > >Fran�ois. >
Would it be hard to get urpmi to support/use rsync ? Then the 22.5MB files would not be so hard to download, and you could keep using urpmf. Example: I have a 512kbit ADSL, with a theoretical maximum of 64kB/s download speed. (IRL about 50 to 55kb/s) When rsyncing the hdlist.cz I got a speed of: about 450kB/s wich is 15.3MB in less than 35 secs (compared to 15.3MB/55kB = about 286 secs) When rsyncing the hdlist2.cz I got a speed of: about 650 kB/s wich is 7.5MB in less than 12 secs (compared to 7.5MB/55kB = about 141 secs) Nice speedup ... ;-) And the slower the line gets (modem/ISDN) the better the "speed advantage" is. Lets say a modem with a average dowload speed of 5kB/s, it would result in: rsyncing the hdlist.cz a speed of: about 41kB/s wich is 15.3MB in 385 secs (compared to 15.3MB/5kB = about 3146 secs, time saved: about 46 min) rsyncing the hdlist2.cz a speed of: about 59 kB/s wich is 7.5MB in 132 secs (compared to 15.3MB/5kB = about 1551 secs, time saved: about 23 min) Of course the speedup is not always the same, but still, I thing it would save bandwidth and time... What dou you all think about this? Thomas *** T�m� viesti on VirusTarkistettu INRITEL OY:n postipalvelimella!! ***
