Juergen Harms wrote: > In case you stick to rsync, you might be interested in rpmsync - was > available on Mandriva, I think presently not on Mageia: rpmsync knows > about versions of packages and could, if my memory is right, destroy > obsoleted versions - for rsync they are just files and stay; but you can > easily make a script that purges obsoleted package files with obsoleted > versions).
rpmsync will rename updated rpms and move moved rpms before the rsync, which saves some bandwidth. Ultimately, it runs rsync, so the end result should be the same. I originally wrote rpmsync some time around 2003. I've been meaning to update a few things in it for some time. I will import it into Mageia when I get around to it. I still use it for my mirroring, so the MDV package still works fine.
