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Re: "P" status from update
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Jim Hyslop |
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Re: "P" status from update |
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Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:45:30 -0500 |
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Larry Jones wrote:
> Frank Hemer writes:
>>The U/P in this case provides some extra information:
>>U: new file
>>P: file already there but new revision
>
>
> That is not correct -- the server is always at liberty to do a regular
> update rather than a patch. The current code compares the size of the
> patch and the size of the actual file and sends whichever is smaller.
Not to mention the (admittedly rare) occasions where the server first
tries to send a patch, but the checksum fails, so the server then
resends the entire file.
- --
Jim Hyslop
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- "P" status from update, Derek R. Price, 2005/11/14
- Re: "P" status from update, Larry Jones, 2005/11/14
- Re: "P" status from update, Derek R. Price, 2005/11/14
- Re: "P" status from update, Larry Jones, 2005/11/14
- Re: "P" status from update, Derek R. Price, 2005/11/14
- Re: "P" status from update, Rahul Bhargava, 2005/11/14
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- Re: "P" status from update, Mark D. Baushke, 2005/11/15
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- Re: "P" status from update, Larry Jones, 2005/11/15
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