From: Brian Gerst Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 17:15:45 GMT Subject: Re: [kernel.org users] Re: auto-packing on kernel.org? please? Message-ID: <43528AC1.2060904@didntduck.org> In-Reply-To: <43527E86.8000907@didntduck.org> Brian Gerst wrote: > Nick Hengeveld wrote: > >> 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. I should have looked at the source more closely before stating that. Each object gets compressed individually, so this would be possible. -- Brian Gerst