Re: createrepo not generate deltarpm in case of update

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is there any progress or feedback about it?


On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Farkas Levente <[email protected]>wrote:

> On 11/27/2012 09:06 PM, James Antill wrote:
> > On Tue, 2012-11-20 at 13:56 +0100, Farkas Levente wrote:
> >> hi,
> >> if i run this command:
> >> createrepo --update --deltas --num-deltas 20 --oldpackagedirs x x
> >> then it never generate drpms while if i remove --update ie:
> >> createrepo --deltas --num-deltas 20 --oldpackagedirs x x
> >> it's generate. why? i'd like to use --update since it's a rather large
> >> repo and only a very small portion change, but i also like to generate
> >> drpms for the updated packages.
> >
> >  I assume you mean it doesn't generate deltas for packages it's already
> > found in the metadata?
> >  At a guess that was probably a time saving thing, and/or just never
> > thought to be needed. What is the usecase you need it for (where you are
> > doing an update but don't have deltas for the old packages?)
>
> i mean if there is a
> a-1.0
> in the repo and i add
> a-1.1
> then it won't generate delta between a-1.0 and a-1.1.
> while this is the most common use case:-)
>
> --
>   Levente                               "Si vis pacem para bellum!"
>



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is there any progress or feedback about it?<div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><=
br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Farkas Leve=
nte <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"=
_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"im">On 11/27/2012 09:06 PM, Ja=
mes Antill wrote:<br>
&gt; On Tue, 2012-11-20 at 13:56 +0100, Farkas Levente wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt; hi,<br>
&gt;&gt; if i run this command:<br>
&gt;&gt; createrepo --update --deltas --num-deltas 20 --oldpackagedirs x x<=
br>
&gt;&gt; then it never generate drpms while if i remove --update ie:<br>
&gt;&gt; createrepo --deltas --num-deltas 20 --oldpackagedirs x x<br>
&gt;&gt; it&#39;s generate. why? i&#39;d like to use --update since it&#39;=
s a rather large<br>
&gt;&gt; repo and only a very small portion change, but i also like to gene=
rate<br>
&gt;&gt; drpms for the updated packages.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; =A0I assume you mean it doesn&#39;t generate deltas for packages it&#3=
9;s already<br>
&gt; found in the metadata?<br>
&gt; =A0At a guess that was probably a time saving thing, and/or just never=
<br>
&gt; thought to be needed. What is the usecase you need it for (where you a=
re<br>
&gt; doing an update but don&#39;t have deltas for the old packages?)<br>
<br>
</div>i mean if there is a<br>
a-1.0<br>
in the repo and i add<br>
a-1.1<br>
then it won&#39;t generate delta between a-1.0 and a-1.1.<br>
while this is the most common use case:-)<br>
<div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br>
--<br>
=A0 Levente =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 &qu=
ot;Si vis pacem para bellum!&quot;<br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br>=
=A0 Levente=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=A0 &=
quot;Si vis pacem para bellum!&quot; <br>
</div>

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