Axel Thimm wrote:
On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 11:39:38AM -0500, Fernando Nasser wrote:
- If this is a problem that only affects yum and all the other
depsolvers do it efficiently, would it be better to fix yum instead or working around it by spec file changes?
No, it's the other way round: yum is more efficient in downloading because it most often does not need to download everything, while the other depsolvers always download the bist in advance. It's a bit oversimplified, but that servers for a first picture.
Thanks for the clarification. The use of file deps prevents an optimization to kick in.