hello we sould stop this and start after woody again...
On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 08:17:46PM +0100, Jeroen Dekkers wrote: > On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 04:55:17PM +0100, Otto Wyss wrote: > > > > > I'd suggest using diffs, as this brings the best results and is the > > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2001/debian-devel-200111/msg01303.html > > > > > > (I use apt-pupdate all the time now, it works for me (tm)) > > > > > Sorry, diffs are simply silly! Use rsync with the uncompressed Packages > > file and diffs aren't necessary. Or use a packer which doesn't hinder > > rsync from saving (gzip --rsyncable). > > This isn't server friendly. no. sorry. I must say this: We can use rsync on the client site. -> get a rsync-checksum file (use a fix block size) -> make the check on the client site and -> download the file partly per ftp/http -> make the new file with the old and downloaded parts With this the server need only extra rsync-checksum files. Gruss Grisu -- Michael Bramer - a Debian Linux Developer http://www.debsupport.de PGP: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Linux Sysadmin -- Use Debian Linux Wenn man sich naeher mit Linux beschaeftigt, wird man nie versuchen, WinNT das Attribut "stabil" aufzudruecken! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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