Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > It just has to compare the last modified time of the hdlist or synthesis in > > /var/lib/urpmi/ and in the mirrors. > > It's very quick to check the attributes of this files on ftp mirrors. > > The descriptions file is a small file (currently 62k for 9.1), that is > added to, so it should "continue" (ie wget -c) very well, and should be > pretty quick to check, and for free we get the descriptions of what the > new updates are.
Though you need at least the synthesis to determine against local rpmdb if some updates would be necessary for your machine (as urpmc does I guess). -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
