FS#72615 - To have Pacman downloading a package and its dependency as with -S, in ascending size order
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Pacman
Opened by mardiyah (abd) - Tuesday, 02 November 2021, 16:51 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Saturday, 06 November 2021, 06:25 GMT
Opened by mardiyah (abd) - Tuesday, 02 November 2021, 16:51 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Saturday, 06 November 2021, 06:25 GMT
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Details
Summary and Info: Need to have Pacman to download a package
and its dependency as with -S, in ascending size order i.e.
from the least to larger size.
Steps to Reproduce: E.g. pacman -Syu |
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Closed by Allan McRae (Allan)
Saturday, 06 November 2021, 06:25 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't implement
Saturday, 06 November 2021, 06:25 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't implement
Comment by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) -
Tuesday, 02 November 2021, 16:53 GMT
Why? With parallel downloads, it makes sense to download the
largest first so you don't hold things up at the end waiting for
one package. Without parallel downloads, the order doesn't matter
at all.