Date: Sat, 24 Dec 1994 08:42:36 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: David Dawes <dawes@physics.su.oz.au> Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard), mdavis@io.cts.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, mark@grunt.grondar.za Subject: Re: A lighter sup -v? Message-ID: <199412240642.IAA01245@grunt.grondar.za>
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> >No, actually not. It means "I checked the file and the dates didn't > >match, even if the contents did, so I'm stamping it again and > >recording the fact in my sup logs." In most stable situations, you > >shouldn't even see that most of the time! > > It means that the ctime of the file is more recent that the previous > sup date, but the mtimes are the same. The actual file contents (and > file size) are not checked. A common cause of these updates is if the > sup server's collection has been restored from a backup, or moved to a > different filesystem, etc. BIG bummer, this. Since freefall's disk bounced, I have been _continuously_ supping. 95% Of this was "updating". Time now for SUP2? (I am in South Africa, and my link to the Internet is a 2-wire leased line with 14400 baud modems - ok for general work, LOUSY for bulk movements) M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200
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