have apt use an rsync style tool ?
wouldn't it be great if you could just download what has changed on some package ? for exemple the maintainer changes something in /etc/init.d/sendmail and you have to download 1mo . with rsync you would just download the part that changed ... well just an idea
Re: have apt use an rsync style tool ?
from the secret journal of Jean Charles ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): wouldn't it be great if you could just download what has changed on some package ? for exemple There was a HUGE flameware on this issue a few months ago. Check the archives and be sure you have something positive to add before you stir up the embers. -- Jacob Kuntz Technology Director The Real Estate Company [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: have apt use an rsync style tool ?
On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Jean Charles wrote: wouldn't it be great if you could just download what has changed on some package ? for exemple the maintainer changes something in /etc/init.d/sendmail and you have to download 1mo . with rsync you would just download the part that changed ... Filenames have changed between versions. Files are compressed. If the data is stored in extracted form, or stored in small, diff chunks, then there is a disk space hit on the server, plus additional bw usage. If a special program is run on the server, to do rsync diff calculation, then there is a big cpu hit, not to mention having to run this special server.
