[Yum] using bittorrent inside yum

Konstantin Ryabitsev icon at linux.duke.edu
Tue Jun 21 19:57:50 UTC 2005


On Tue, 2005-06-21 at 15:42 -0400, Harnish, Joseph wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I was wondering if there has thought or discussion on utilizing the
> bittorrent network when available to download packages.  
> 
> This could have the potential to help a person running a small network
> of Linux boxes because he wouldn't have to setup a local repo to reap
> the benefits of having the packages local (already downloaded by
> another host).  
> 
> I think this could be a very beneficial plugin for yum especially if
> FC5 will allow installing via yum through anaconda.

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