-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jason Greenwood wrote: > My point is that URPMI doesn't resume, precluding the use of it over > dialup (especially with the flakiness of some mirrors). The other thing > is that because it doesn't, I would like to use an ftp client that > supports rsync so I could resume the partial transfer.
AFAIK it should resume/continue etc when using an rsync source. > As it is now, I > have to use a regular ftp mirror so I can resume transfers after a > broken connection (which means I become an unwitting bandwidth hog since > even if only 1 byte has changed, I download the whole new cooker package > to test it). cd /var/cache/urpmi/rpms wget -c `urpmq --sources <package>` Sure, it would be great if urpmi did this, but then it would probably have to check all the RPMS in cache (rpm -K) or attempt to resume them all. Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+eErVrJK6UGDSBKcRAmNJAJ9Bq84T4Fc6mbQoRNUlDfSpcbdgtgCgxuU9 b+K4U+C03zRvmhSigvyRiNE= =f9kL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
