Re: [Cooker] Thoughts about updates

2003-01-17 Thread Ron Stodden
Oden Eriksson wrote: onsdagen den 15 januari 2003 16.49 skrev Ron Stodden: Oden Eriksson wrote: Some perl hacker could probably make this work, maybe even Troels himself? If I knew how to code I would have started yesterday with this. No perl? Then try something good, like gprolog? Wh

Re: [Cooker] Thoughts about updates

2003-01-15 Thread Oden Eriksson
onsdagen den 15 januari 2003 16.49 skrev Ron Stodden: > Oden Eriksson wrote: > > Some perl hacker could probably make this work, maybe even Troels > > himself? If I knew how to code I would have started yesterday with this. > > No perl? Then try something good, like gprolog? What's that? --

Re: [Cooker] Thoughts about updates

2003-01-15 Thread Thomas Backlund
Viestissä Keskiviikko 15. Tammikuuta 2003 18:03, Ron Stodden kirjoitti: > Oden Eriksson wrote: > > Would it be possible to run updates via rsync? > > > > Suppose it would work like this: > > > > 1. Check against a online list what's new. > > 2. Decide What to fetch. > > 3. Test which mirror is the

Re: [Cooker] Thoughts about updates

2003-01-15 Thread Ron Stodden
Oden Eriksson wrote: Would it be possible to run updates via rsync? Suppose it would work like this: 1. Check against a online list what's new. 2. Decide What to fetch. 3. Test which mirror is the fastest. 4. Prompt for original packages from CDROM, or make a rpm package on the fly from install

Re: [Cooker] Thoughts about updates

2003-01-15 Thread Ron Stodden
Oden Eriksson wrote: Some perl hacker could probably make this work, maybe even Troels himself? If I knew how to code I would have started yesterday with this. No perl? Then try something good, like gprolog? -- Ron. [Melbourne, Australia] 20030106 updates now available for Fastest Mandra

Re: [Cooker] Thoughts about updates

2003-01-15 Thread Oden Eriksson
onsdagen den 15 januari 2003 14.35 skrev Thomas Backlund: > From: "Oden Eriksson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > onsdagen den 15 januari 2003 12.49 skrev Thomas Backlund: > > > From: "Oden Eriksson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Maybe download a test package a couple of times from each mirror and make > >

Re: [Cooker] Thoughts about updates

2003-01-15 Thread Thomas Backlund
From: "Oden Eriksson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > onsdagen den 15 januari 2003 12.49 skrev Thomas Backlund: > > From: "Oden Eriksson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Maybe download a test package a couple of times from each mirror and make an > average, repeat this for all(?) mirrors. This should be done onc

Re: [Cooker] Thoughts about updates

2003-01-15 Thread Oden Eriksson
onsdagen den 15 januari 2003 12.49 skrev Thomas Backlund: > From: "Oden Eriksson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> > Hi. > >> > > >> > Would it be possible to run updates via rsync? > >> > >> urpmi already supports rsync... > > > >But does it work as I proposed? > > IMHO it takes care of steps 1, 2, 5,6.

Re: [Cooker] Thoughts about updates

2003-01-15 Thread Thomas Backlund
From: "Oden Eriksson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> > Hi. >> > >> > Would it be possible to run updates via rsync? >> >> urpmi already supports rsync... > > >But does it work as I proposed? IMHO it takes care of steps 1, 2, 5,6... Step 3. I think is somewhat har to do perfect... - I mean, if you make

Re: [Cooker] Thoughts about updates

2003-01-15 Thread Buchan Milne
Oden Eriksson wrote: > onsdagen den 15 januari 2003 11.42 skrev Thomas Backlund: > >>From: "Oden Eriksson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>>Hi. >>> >>>Would it be possible to run updates via rsync? >> >>urpmi already supports rsync... > > But does it work as I proposed? > No, it would still need to ge

Re: [Cooker] Thoughts about updates

2003-01-15 Thread Oden Eriksson
onsdagen den 15 januari 2003 11.42 skrev Thomas Backlund: > From: "Oden Eriksson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Hi. > > > > Would it be possible to run updates via rsync? > > urpmi already supports rsync... But does it work as I proposed? -- Regards // Oden Eriksson, Deserve-IT.com

Re: [Cooker] Thoughts about updates

2003-01-15 Thread Steffen Barszus
On Wednesday 15 January 2003 10:35, Oden Eriksson wrote: > Hi. > > Would it be possible to run updates via rsync? > > Suppose it would work like this: > > 1. Check against a online list what's new. > 2. Decide What to fetch. > 3. Test which mirror is the fastest. > 4. Prompt for original packages f

Re: [Cooker] Thoughts about updates

2003-01-15 Thread Thomas Backlund
From: "Oden Eriksson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi. > > Would it be possible to run updates via rsync? > urpmi already supports rsync... The trouble is that not every 'update' server provides rsync services... Thomas

[Cooker] Thoughts about updates

2003-01-15 Thread Oden Eriksson
Hi. Would it be possible to run updates via rsync? Suppose it would work like this: 1. Check against a online list what's new. 2. Decide What to fetch. 3. Test which mirror is the fastest. 4. Prompt for original packages from CDROM, or make a rpm package on the fly from installed rpm package if