On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 10:48:02PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 07:12:01AM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > > I did submit one, albeit untested. aj said that particular patch wouldn't > > work correctly. I'm still unconvinced that it doesn't re-download the stuff > > even when theres a deb sitting there. > > So, uh, why don't you *test* it then?
Yes, well I didn't feel technically up to it, I was having a very hard time reading the dense shell code. But it would definitely be a good learning experience, so I'll tackle that next. > deboostrap does *not* download things that're already there. Whatever > you're seeing is probably a bug, but it's not what you think it is. I'll see if I can pin it down. It's a very frustrating (bug || whatever) for a (slow || expensive || (slow && expensive) network user. -- *----------------------------------------------------------------* | .''`. | Debian GNU/Linux: <http://www.debian.org> | | : :' : | debian-imac: <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | `. `'` | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | `- | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

