Dr. Peter Pöml wrote: > Any serious operating system update client / download tool should do something like this apt is pretty good at refusing files that don't match what it expected. The "release" file is signed with a gpg key and then there is a chain of hashes leading from the release file to the "packages" file and then down to the actual binary packages and files that make up source packages. What it won't do is automatically retry stuff that was not found or found to be corrupted, that is down to the user to reissue the command. Even if the mirror was atomically updated its still possible for users to get 404 errors since their package lists may be out of date. _______________________________________________ mirrorbrain mailing list Archive: http://mirrorbrain.org/archive/mirrorbrain/ Note: To remove yourself from this mailing list, send a mail with the content unsubscribe to the address mirrorbrain-request_at_mirrorbrain.orgReceived on Wed Aug 08 2012 - 00:52:03 GMT
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