Re: replicating package compression used by dpkg-deb

2006-09-28 Thread Ian Bruce
On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 03:45:16 -0700 Ian Bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So it seems that with the currently shipping versions of gzip (I tried > both "stable/updates" and "testing"), there is actually no way to > exactly replicate the compression produced by

replicating package compression used by dpkg-deb

2006-09-28 Thread Ian Bruce
;--rsyncable" option were used when the packages were being built. Does anyone know what the rationale for not doing that is? -- Ian Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Packages file missing from unstable archive

2005-10-26 Thread Ian Bruce
ise me of such. I'm not committed to any particular solution or piece of software. I just don't understand why the issue of minimizing network traffic is thought to be universally irrelevant. Why shouldn't there be a variety of access methods, to address the varying situations of different client and mirror sites? -- Ian Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Packages file missing from unstable archive

2005-10-26 Thread Ian Bruce
disappeared from the "unstable" archive? Can it either be replaced, or alternatively, can the "Packages.gz" file be compressed using the "--rsyncable" option, so that rsync can again be used for updating the packages list? -- Ian Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Packages file missing from unstable archive

2005-10-26 Thread Ian Bruce
ore it can be used for the archives; is there any other reason not to use it? -- Ian Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Packages file missing from unstable archive

2005-10-26 Thread Ian Bruce
rs to these questions are available in some obvious place; I looked everywhere that occurred to me, but didn't find anything. -- Ian Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

apt-proxy v2 and rsync

2004-10-26 Thread Ian Bruce
message: Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 07:10:28 -0700 From: Ian Bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: apt-proxy v2 and rsync I was distressed to read the following in the documentation for the new apt-proxy: - rsync is not officially supp