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maillog: 14/10/2004-16:30:29(+0000): Luke-Jr types |
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> > Nobody has mentioned it because it has been discussed and dismissed as |
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> > unworkable several times before. |
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> Actually, you don't even need to sync that. Simply download the primary |
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> ebuild, read the dep info, download the next one, etc. Most modern versions |
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> of file transfer protocols (HTTP and FTP, at least; don't know about rsync) |
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> support multiple transfers in a single connection. |
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The part where the HTTP and FTP internals get handled by portage |
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internally, instead of handling them to an external program like wget, |
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are the reason why the idea was dismissed as unworkable several times |
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before. |
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