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Re: standard apt/yum meta-data format



On Saturday 03 July 2004 13.22, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote:
> This is also the primary reason why using rsync for apt is
> usually discouraged.

IIRC rsync is a problem because of the CPU load it generates, not 
because it uses more bandwidth than downloading whole files (which it 
probably doesn't). Downloading more smaller files will perhaps increase 
disk seeks a bit, but should definitely cause net bandwidth to go down.

cheers
-- vbi


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