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Date:	Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:04:50 +0100
From:	chris <caj AT cs DOT york DOT ac DOT uk>
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To:	Robert Collins <rbcollins AT cygwin DOT com>
CC:	rodmedina AT cantv DOT net, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: Wishlist additions for setup.exe
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Robert Collins wrote:

>On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 22:11, Rodrigo Medina wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>Rodrigo Medina (myself) wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>2- When you are downloading into a temporal directory, SETUP
>>>downloads the packages even if they are already in the temporal
>>>directory but are still not installed.
>>>      
>>>
>>I have to be more precise:
>>
>>SETUP does check if the package has been already downloaded but only
>>if it has been downloaded from the SAME mirror. If you have already
>>downloaded the package from another mirror, SETUP downloads it again.
>>    
>>
>
>That is why the choose mirror dialog allows you to choose multiple
>mirrors. Setup will then use cached copies from any of the chosen
>mirrors.
>
>  
>
It does? I'd always assumed that that was a bug. If I choose multiple 
mirrors, who's setup.bz2 does it use?


>I wager that you have been changing mirror for some reason. Don't -
>choose a list of mirrors to satisfy your needs and leave them selected.
>
>  
>
Personally I would perfer a system where the setup program simply kept a 
central cache, rather than a seperate cache for each mirror


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