Re: [kernel.org users] Re: auto-packing on kernel.org? please?
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> On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 11:44:46AM -0400, Daniel Barkalow wrote:
>
>> This is the problem: it's impossible to download only a few objects from a
>> pack file from an HTTP server, because those don't exist on the server as
>> separate files.
>
> Is it possible to determine the object locations inside the remote pack
> file? If so, it would be possible to use Range: headers to download
> selected objects from a pack.
>
Not possible because the entire pack is compressed.
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Brian Gerst