[packagekit] Res: How does PK Download Packages?

[Adrien BUSTANY]

PackageKit only tells the backend to install packages. The backend 
downloads packages by itself.
If I take the yum backend as an example, I'm not sure it's possible to 
tell it to only download packages...

Cheers
Adrien

Shishir Goyal a écrit :
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 1:57 AM, <mirttex85-pk at yahoo.com.br 
> <mailto:mirttex85-pk at yahoo.com.br>> wrote:
>
>     >Well,
>     >as far as i know pk does NOT download packages,
>     >the backend does.
>     >As each packager manager has different ways to download packages,
>
>     >(i.e. diferent download locations...).
>     >Imho the best way to servicepack stuff is a way like
>     >installFile(), you do the download and pk installs for you.
>
>     >as i said i'm not pretty sure this is the way.
>
>     >Daniel.
>
> Fine.
>
> I failed to quote the question it in a correct way. Apologies.
>
> How does yum backend download packages for PackageKit?
>
> I am trying to figure out the utility of yumdownloader when adding the 
> method 'download packages' to yumBackend.py. How can it be used?
>
> Comments.
>
> Regards
> --Shishir
>
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