Re: Fedora 34 Change: DNF/RPM Copy on Write enablement for all variants (System-Wide Change)

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On Monday, December 21, 2020 11:28:51 AM EST Ben Cotton wrote:
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/RPMCoW

[snip]

> # The file format for RPMs is different with Copy on Write. The
> headers are identical, but the payload is different. There is also a
> footer.
> ## Files are converted (“transcoded”) locally during download using
> <code>/usr/bin/rpm2extents</code> (part of rpm codebase). The format
> is not intended to be “portable” - i.e. copying the files from the
> cache is not supported.

I currently download once and upgrade three different systems by
rsync-ing the cache.

Do I understand that this will no longer be supported or work?


-- 
Garry T. Williams


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