Hi, > > The metalinks already provide checksums and timestamps for the > > metadata. So instead of dumbly going out and re-downloading the entire > > metadata at hardcoded intervals, couldn't we rather just check if the > > 'latest' metadata (according to the metalink) has changed since the > > last time we ran, or something along those lines, and only actually > > download the metadata if so? Wouldn't that save us a lot of wasted > > metadata downloads? > > I suppose that's what is supposed to happen. And of course, now that I > try to reproduce it, that is exactly what happens. > > I know I've seen it redownload the main repo occasionally but perhaps > its just been bugs since fixed. Or then the main repo actually changed. > But perhaps having bugs is the more likely explanation...
dnf seems to reload the complete metadata if you touch the repo file. I see this happening after running fedrepos (to configure mirror and proxy) on fresh installs. Not that it bothers me much in that specific case as it re-downloads the metadata from local squid cache. But just re-downloading repomd.xml surely should have been enough. cheers, Gerd _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
