[opensuse] Will YAST2 or zypper overwrite already downloaded updates?

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I've got 11.2 installed and updated on one box and I plan to do the
same to another box this week. Both boxes are similar enough and I
haven't yet fetched anything machine or device specific.

I have YAST set to keep all downloaded files in the zypper cache
directories.

I intend to copy that cache to the second box after installing 11.2
and then doing an online update. This might be the easiest way to get
box #2 updated.

I have only one high-cost link to use for updates. It's also by far
the fastest link. The total disk space used for the updates is about
1.2Gb. Takes 7+ hours to download & install updates. I don't want to
spend more time and money on downloading identical files a second time.

In 9.3, if a file existed, YAST would not overwrite the files when
doing an online update. In 10.2, it did overwrite already downloaded
files. Or at least appeared to.

Has anyone using 11.2 successfully tried to copy the zypper cache
directory from one box to another? Does anyone know whether or not the
existing files will be overwritten or deleted?

Also, is there a way to download all updates _before_ installing them?

Thanks,

==
jd
While most peoples' opinions change, the conviction of their
correctness never does.
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