William Gallafent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Friday 20 October 2006 12:22, Andreas Jaeger wrote: >> Implemented in a slightly different way - we ask to add the >> ftp trees (currently factory) during install, you should see >> this first time with Beta1, > > Does that mean that I can have the DVD/CD _and_ and FTP tree as > installation sources during install?
Yes, in general - just add the ftp tree as add-on media. But the above feature comes at the end of installation. > If so, does the installer prefer a local source, if the versions > of a given package are identical in several sources? I haven't checked. Feel free to test and open a bug. > If so, excellent: this would provide the best of both worlds, in > that if the DVD contains the latest version of a package, that > local version will be installed (faster and less bandwidth), > and if there's an update available on the FTP site, then you > get that immediately, without requiring an immediate update > cycle. I agree - but it needs some serious testing, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
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