Re: Keeping Up With Current Packages

From: Kris Kennaway (kkenn_at_rot13.obsecurity.org)
Date: 10/10/03 

Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 00:00:36 GMT

In article <5ptg51-c1q2.ln1@eskimo.tundraware.com>, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
> I am currently in the process of downloading the entire packages
> 'All' directory. What would you folk recommend for keeping it
> up-to-date, rsync, cvs, ???? I would prefer to not have to download
> the whole thing regularly (obviously)

Whichever method you use to update your local mirror will involve
regularly downloading an entire set of new packages, because a rebuilt
set is uploaded to the ftp mirrors regularly (every week or two).

Kris

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