On Mon 08 Oct 2007 22:11:52 NZDT +1300, Klaus Kaempf wrote: > It depends on the number of packages. For a normal maintenance update > with only a handful of packages, download all is probably a good > strategy. > > With distribution upgrade (i.e. 10.2->10.3) or factory update with > hundreds of packages, you'll need quite some disk space ;-)
Uhhmm, like, 4.2GB tops, that being the size of the DVD which is a fits-all? What's the smallest disk you can buy these days, 80GB? 120GB? > Whats the exit strategy if the disk space is not sufficient ? Display a warning before starting. Size of all packages/files to download is known before download begins. There is df. What I would like to see is the creation of a download cache which can be copied/shared with other hosts (which would imply it's not created at /var/lib/random/phaseofmoon/day-of-week/yast/). The cache only contains what's needed at least once, not the whole shebang. Debian (so I believe) hits the nail square on the head there. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
