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| author | Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com> | 2012-07-11 17:53:20 -0400 |
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| committer | Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com> | 2012-07-11 17:53:20 -0400 |
| commit | b74d92755d1ca6a1538f292dcb5a906f66af7b51 (patch) | |
| tree | 4369859a40dc8a13b58e2d507edace3c239078b3 /doc/signing.txt | |
| parent | 09a6321aeb7393cdb4b5af62d2e4106d83124fdf (diff) | |
download-from-binary-cache: Use HEAD requests if possible
In "nix-env -qas", we don't need the substitute info, we just need to
know if it exists. This can be done using a HTTP HEAD request, which
saves bandwidth.
Note however that curl currently has a bug that prevents it from
reusing HTTP connections if HEAD requests return a 404:
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3542731&group_id=976&atid=100976
Without the patch attached to the issue, using HEAD is actually quite
a bit slower than GET.
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