----- Original Message -----
> From: "Akemi Yagi" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: "David Sommerseth" <[log in to unmask]>
> Cc: "Piruthiviraj Natarajan" <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Saturday, 13 October, 2012 10:08:49 PM
> Subject: Re: DeltaRPM Support for Scientific Linux
> 
> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 12:26 PM, David Sommerseth
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Piruthiviraj Natarajan" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> 
> >> Hi Everyone,
> >>
> >> I 'm new to this list and Scientific Linux.
> >> I have been using Fedora and RHEL based clones for a while.
> >> I was thinking  that it would a big benefit  to the users to save
> >> some
> >> bandwidth if SL deployed Delta updates in the official repos.
> >> I asked the question in forum and they directed me here.
> >>
> >> where  can  I make the request for the feature?
> >
> > Just do:
> >
> >  [root@host ~]# yum install yum-presto
> >
> > That's all, the presto plug-in is enabled automatically when
> > installing it, and then delta-rpms are pulled down on updates.  It
> > works quite fine for me at least.
> >
> >
> > kind regards,
> >
> > David Sommerseth
> 
> Are you sure about this? My understanding is that deltaRPMs are not
> available for SL. I know CentOS has them but ...

Oh, good point!  I might mix it with some other installations (with Fedora and RHEL).  I know have installed presto on SL boxes as well, so I've taken it for granted.  And it might be that I've seen it in action on third-party repos like EPEL or so.


kind regards,

David Sommerseth