"Svein Ove Aas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 7:54 PM, Duncan Coutts > > Because we actually consult the index of available packages more > > often than you think. Every time you cabal install in a local > > directory we make sure all the required packages are available and > > consistent. If we had to go to the network every time you would not > > be happy. > > > > There should be a solution here that lets us update more > > automatically while still allowing people to do offline operations. > > I'm not sure what that solution is yet though. > > > The solution seems obvious to me, actually: > > Check the timestamp of the package file at every access. If it's older > than some configurable value, and you have network access, start > updating it. > Additionally, you could use rsync instead of a tbz download to speed things up. Gentoo does this right.
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