On Tuesday 23 June 2009 08:34:53 am Andrei Thorp wrote: > > Excellent, > > > > Two thoughts. (1) delta rpms are great for download size, but > > computationally expensive on the client side for reinstalls or multiple machine > > updates, so (2) if possible, can an option be retained to enable/disable use of > > deltarpms for folks that would like to have full packages? > > To be a bother, "Arch doesn't use RPMs". > > Cheers, > > -AT > (smacks self -- I know Andrei!!) I was just responding based on my experience with suse, where in the delta rpm world, the config file finally came with the following caution: ## ## Whether to consider using a .delta.rpm when downloading a package ## ## Valid values: boolean ## Default value: true ## ## Using a delta rpm will decrease the download size for package updates ## since it does not contain all files of the package but only the binary ## diff of changed ones. Recreating the rpm package on the local machine ## is an expensive operation (memory,CPU). If your network connection is ## not too slow, you benefit from disabling .delta.rpm. ## # download.use_deltarpm = true download.use_deltarpm = false I was talking about the same thinking applied to pacman packages ;-) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com
