[pacman-dev] [PATCH] libalpm: download rates becoming negative

[Morgan Adamiec]

> Because the file may not be the same after we fallback to a different
> server.
> 

That shouldn't be the case though. Do we actually support that use case?


>> In fact I don't see the point of this variable at all. Why would we ever
>> not want to unlink on fail?
> 
> So that it can be resumed later.
> 

I guess, though the above point applies. it may be a different mirror
and therefore the file may not be the same. So I feel if you can resume
between pacman calls you should be able to resume between servers.