Re: New devel version released...

On Sat, May 18, 2002 at 01:59:55PM -0400, Jef Spaleta wrote:
> Would it be faster to create a whatrequires hash lookup from the already
> installed packages on the system...say as part of the grab --update
> process.  So you build the whatrequires hash once in awhile for every
> package installed on the system.  That way you wouldn't have to call do
> a rpm --whatrequires call you can do a lookup in a hash when grabbing
> packages to find associated installed  packages that also need
> upgrading.  Grab the header, build the provides has for that
> header...and compare that hash to the whatrequires hash encompassing all
> the previously installed packages...to find a list of other packages
> that also need updates.  But I have no idea how much faster a hash
> lookup would really be...so its just an idea for you to look at.

Once again, good thinking! I will give it some thought, but probably not until
version 1.1.

Have you tried the beta? Any problems?

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