----- Original Message ----- > From: "Akemi Yagi" <[email protected]> > To: "David Sommerseth" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Piruthiviraj Natarajan" <[email protected]>, > [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, 13 October, 2012 10:08:49 PM > Subject: Re: DeltaRPM Support for Scientific Linux > > On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 12:26 PM, David Sommerseth > <[email protected]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Piruthiviraj Natarajan" <[email protected]> > >> To: [email protected] > > >> Hi Everyone, > >> > >> I 'm new to this list and Scientific Linux. > >> I have been using Fedora and RHEL based clones for a while. > >> I was thinking that it would a big benefit to the users to save > >> some > >> bandwidth if SL deployed Delta updates in the official repos. > >> I asked the question in forum and they directed me here. > >> > >> where can I make the request for the feature? > > > > Just do: > > > > [root@host ~]# yum install yum-presto > > > > That's all, the presto plug-in is enabled automatically when > > installing it, and then delta-rpms are pulled down on updates. It > > works quite fine for me at least. > > > > > > kind regards, > > > > David Sommerseth > > Are you sure about this? My understanding is that deltaRPMs are not > available for SL. I know CentOS has them but ...
Oh, good point! I might mix it with some other installations (with Fedora and RHEL). I know have installed presto on SL boxes as well, so I've taken it for granted. And it might be that I've seen it in action on third-party repos like EPEL or so. kind regards, David Sommerseth
