Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Holger Hoffstaette <holger.hoffstaette@××××××××××.com>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	[gentoo-user] Re: The LIGHTEST web server (just for serving files)?
Date:	Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:06:58
Message-Id:	`pan.2011.11.12.17.05.36.1848@googlemail.com`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] The LIGHTEST web server (just for serving files)? by Florian Philipp

1	On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 14:14:33 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote:
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3	> Disadvantages? I'm unsure how portage will handle cases when two
4	> machines fetch the same file at the same time.
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6	In my experience concurrent/overlapping fetches work just fine, thanks to
7	portage's lock file. The second potential downloader just waits or does
8	something else in the meantime.
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10	-h