Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Mitch Blevins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I think the ideal solution would be to have a caching proxy based on
> > rsync to communicate with the upstream mirror, and http (or a new
> > apt method) to communicate with apt.
>
> I was actually thinking the other day about why couldn't apt support
> rsync:// URLs? That would be the way to implement it.
>
> OTOH, I wonder how much benefit binary diffs could really give. Since
> every .deb is mostly gzip compressed data, wouldn't you often need to
> retrieve the whole thing again anyway?
The binary diff/patch tools have to be aware of the Debian package
format. Means on-the-fly decompression/compression. Makes a CPU hog,
but for low bandwith it is useful.
In order to avoid md5sum changes created by different gzip options the
md5sums should be computed for the uncompressed data.
Sven
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