[Yum] Re: [general] yum and armv4l (netwinder)

Mon Oct 27 13:24:27 UTC 2003

On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 03:17:36AM -0500, R P Herrold wrote:

> I got close.  Very very close -- Curiously, it does not
> actually do the download at the point it says it has done
> 'Getting' the rpms.  (Shades of my yum RFE #93 on a 'retrieve'
> option)  

Do you think its an issue with python/libraries, or is it at the point
of "break out the packet sniffer and see who's misbehaving"?  What sort
of protocol is used for the package retrieval (HTTP? ftp?).  I'm just
being curious here (and too lazy to read the source, not being a python
programmer doesn't help me either...)

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Ralph Siemsen
www.netwinder.org