as a modem user, i'm interested in being able to upgrade packages by using patches, as opposed to downloading the entire new version (which is what emerge -U does). as an example, i already have kernel 2.6.0, so i could upgrade to 2.6.1 by only downloading the patch from kernel.org
patch-2.6.1.bz2 08-Jan-2004 23:31 760K vs emerge -U http://gentoo.seren.com/gentoo/distfiles/linux-2.6.1.tar.bz2 Length: 33,240,033 (33,044,863 to go) [application/x-tar] a 95% savings. seems like it would be better for me, gentoo, gentoo mirrors, and the world :) i can bypass emerge and just install the new kernel myself without too much trouble, but an automated provision would be much better. many packages might benefit in this way. is there a package or tool that helps do this? seth -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
