Re: yum update...any way to have it download multiple packages at once?

• To: Kevin Martin <kevintm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: yum update...any way to have it download multiple packages at once?
• From: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:42:47 +0000
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On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:38:38 -0600
Kevin Martin <kevintm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The idea, of course, would be for it to use multiple mirrors to do the downloads.
> 
> Why wouldn't it be faster in that fashion?

Not if everyone did that no. Finding a way to do bit torrent like peer to
peer updating might be though.

Alan

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