On Tuesday 15 Mar 2005 05:31, Julie Sloan wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 March 2005 12:01 am, Smiley wrote:
> > On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 23:44:05 -0500
> >
> > Julie Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > when a normal update gets interrupted the partial
> > > downloads seem to get  stuck in /var/cache/urpmi/partial,
> > > and then the packages won't install  because of these
> > > "missing" partials.  What's the preferred way of dealing
> > > with this?
> >
> > I think wait and try again to download later; the not installed
> > packages are not deleted, so no need to download them again.
>
> Okay, thanks  :)
> Even if what's in the "partial" directory are incomplete d/ls?  like 6Mb of
> an 8Mb package, etc?

Yes - it doesn't seem to matter.  I'm not sure whether it completes the 
partials, or whether it starts again, but for certain the download and 
install completes and everything gets cleaned up.

Anne
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