On Aug 15, 2013, at 2:05, Allan McRae <allan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Question: what mechanisms exists, if any, to avoid that the user gets the >> old version of package A and the new version of package B? (assume the >> rsync is still ongoing while the download occurs) > > The database file will either have both new packages or no new packages. That's what I was hoping, but I'd love to know how that is implemented? Thanks, Johannes.