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> IMO the best thing to do if you want to ease the network load would be to > have a server which you tell which stuff you want. Fx, send in your > .config file and the machine gives you a compressed tar-ball of the source > you need.. This machine would be constantly updated with patches and > pre-patches and cvs patches etc etc. I think it's still a bad idea. what if I send an incorrect .config file and how do you generate it ? what if something is new and not in the old .config etc ? > I can't think of a better way to solve this problem. the best thing is to think that it _is no problem_ at all. you're free to toss a few hundred K off your system. fine. if you don't hwant to use bandwidth, use patches and apply them to a known clean tarball off a CD. -- Grobbebol's Home | Don't give in to spammers. http://www.xs4all.nl/~bengel | Use your real e-mail address Linux 2.0.34 on an i586/64 MB | on Usenet. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.altern.org/andrebalsa/doc/lkml-faq.html | ||||||||||
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