[arch-general] Question about repository updates and atomicity

[Johannes Ernst]

On Aug 15, 2013, at 2:05, Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org> wrote:

>> Question: what mechanisms exists, if any, to avoid that the user gets the
>> old version of package A and the new version of package B? (assume the
>> rsync is still ongoing while the download occurs)
> 
> The database file will either have both new packages or no new packages.

That's what I was hoping, but I'd love to know how that is implemented?

Thanks,


Johannes.