On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Onkar Shinde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 3:13 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > > > Was wondering if there is some feature in synaptic that enables it to > > save the contents of a partial download and restart from that place when > > it reconnects again , something like a download manager. > > > > from what i figured synaptic (or apt) works in two phases - he first > > assess what packages need to be downloaded and then begins the download > > and the second the actually installation. > > > Second phase i.e., installation cant be paused because it will lead to inconsistent state. > > > So would it be an idea to incorporate a stop restart interrupted mode in > > Synaptic ?? > > Synaptic/apt-get already resumes partial downloads. That is the > default behaviour and I don't think there is any option to change it. > > The current package being downloaded is in /var/cache/apt/archives/partial. > > > Onkar > You are very right. It will start from where it was stopped. mallikiarjun
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