Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2.0 - compiling or binary

[Martins Steinbergs]

On Thursday 01 December 2005 03:17, W.Kenworthy wrote:
> Use rsync.  I am not sure how much gain there is to be had but try using
> an older version as the seed file - should save at least a little.
> Creative use of head/tail with seed files and already downloaded
> portions can save a lot if the link drops out halfway.
>
> Make sure you use the -P option (read "man rsync")  e.g. "rsync -Pv
> --stats --bwlimit=2 filename ."  wget has a similar option.  BB (Before
> Broadband!) I set this for both wget and rsync in /etc/make.conf.  wget
> will usually download faster on high quality connections than rsync, but
> overall, if you have a seed file, rsync wins hands down.
>
> The bandwidth option is useful if you still want to use the link whilst
> downloading.  Both rsync and wget request chunks of the file, then wait
> an amount of time before getting the next chunk.  This averages out to
> the required throughput, but some apps did not deal with this very well
> (p[arrallel scp downloads slowed to a crawl for instance, leaving a
> large part of the available bw unused.
>
> Best bet in this case is to try and find a local person with broadband
> who will download and burn to cd for you.  I used to use a modem for
> gentoo for a few years and know what you are up against - but I think
> its worse for the binary distros as I found I was downloading whole CD's
> on a regular basis - and thats a whole lot worse than OO!
>
> BillK
>

good option for slow networks is getdelta.sh described in

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=215262

saves something like 90%, especially good with big distfiles

martins

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