Re: resuming apt-get downloads
On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 02:07:27AM +0000, Brian Potkin wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 11:59:35AM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> > Which file transfer mode did you use and are you using?
> > FTP vs. HTTP
> >
> > FTP can resume partialy downloaded file transfer.
> >
> > HTTP can not resume partialy downloaded file but faster and easy on IP
> > masquerading.
>
> I don't know about the masquerading part but apt-get can certainly
> resume an interupted download using HTTP.
Resume in 2 sense:
APT downloads multiple package files using underlying protocol and will
resume smartly. If APT is used with HTTP, it resumes session by
downloading from the package it failed at the first run from its start.
APT used with FTP will resume from mid-point of the half downloaded file.
So difference is small if you are downloading many files :)
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