[Libguestfs] supermin: how can I avoid downloading packages everytime when run make

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 09:41:46AM +0800, Hu Tao wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 12:55:09PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 10:29:44AM +0800, Hu Tao wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > When I run make in libguestfs directory, supermin tries to redownload
> > > all packages it needs everytime. This is a blocker for me because:
> > 
> > This shouldn't happen, and doesn't -- for me.  The dependencies are
> > carefully set up so the appliance doesn't get rebuilt each time you do
> > make.
> 
> I can't reproduce the problem now, maybe I did something before make but I
> forgot.
> 
> What I can reproduce is if the download is not completed, next time when
> run make, supermin will download packages from the beginning. But once
> the download is completed, another make won't cause supermin downloading
> packages.

Also you should set up a proxy:

http://libguestfs.org/guestfs-faq.1.html#how-can-i-speed-up-libguestfs-builds

Rich.

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