Re: Bug#76118: apt: methods/rsync would be useful

[Tuomas Heino <iheino@cc.hut.fi>]

On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:

> On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Tuomas Heino wrote:
> 
> > Well... apt-move 4.x dropped the support for rsync because they expected
> > apt-get to get it sooner or later - is anything being done to actually
> > create methods/rsync?
> 
> No. Debian can not support the use of rsync for anything other than
> mirroring, APT will never support it. 

So you mean downloading the Packages.gz daily is "cheaper" than rsync:ing
it? oh well...

and about "anything other than mirroring" - apt-move/README:

: Another major change is the removal of all references to rsync.  The reason
: for this is that all retrievals should be done through apt in order to minimise
: the duplication of code.  As a consequence this, you can now mirror all
: (or a subset) of your ``sources.list'' sites.  The result will be merged under
: a single dist tree as if they originated from one site.

Go figure ;)