delta rebuild

Seth Vidal skvidal at fedoraproject.org
Thu Oct 1 13:20:33 UTC 2009



On Thu, 1 Oct 2009, Richard Ryniker wrote:

>> it's a simple way to compare whether the delta RPM thing is saving you
>> any time. If that speed is faster than your download speed, it is...
>
> Do you mean there is a parameter a user can employ to control the balance
> between network and processor resources for an update?  I surmised the
> object of the delta strategy was primarily to reduce data traffic at the
> servers, with a secondary benefit of faster delivery to users with
> small network bandwidth.
>
> I have found the rebuild speeds displayed on my F12 test system
> one-quarter to one-tenth of my network bandwidth.  This has not been
> onerous, but certainly time would be saved if I could say "Do not use
> delta rpms." to yum.
>

yum --disableplugin=presto ....

or
yum remove yum-presto

your problem solved.
-sv




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