Thoughts for assisting those with limited bandwidth

[Markus Hitter]

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Am 01.02.2009 um 21:43 schrieb Mackenzie Morgan:

> I would like to know how they handle situations where the person  
> hasn't
> updated in 3 weeks and the package has been updated in the meantime.
>
> Say, for example:
> -0ubuntu1 is currently installed
> -0ubuntu3 is available to install
>
> Do they need to install -0ubuntu2 and THEN -0ubuntu3?

I don't know how Fedora does, but you always have the fallback option  
to download the full package. The server always has to provide full  
packages to allow new installations.


MarKus

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Dipl. Ing. Markus Hitter
http://www.jump-ing.de/




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