Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:39:17 +0200 From: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> To: Marcin Wisnicki <mwisnicki+freebsd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange contents on some ftp mirrors Message-ID: <4C504F25.8050607@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <i2pahu$dri$1@dough.gmane.org> References: <i2na4v$f3c$1@dough.gmane.org> <4c4fac09.Kkzz6V/G5TxaiQAZ%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <i2pahu$dri$1@dough.gmane.org>
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On 28/07/2010 15:15, Marcin Wisnicki wrote: > On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:03:21 -0700, perryh wrote: > >> Marcin Wisnicki <mwisnicki+freebsd@gmail.com> wrote: >>> At this very moment, french package mirror has INDEX newer than in >>> other mirrors: >>> >> ... >>> >>> yet it does not have those packages. >>> >>> How could something like this happen ? >> >> By being examined while a resync was in process: evidently the new INDEX >> file had been transferred but that package file (and likely others) were >> still in transit or perhaps not even started yet. Mirroring is not an >> instantaneous process. > > Yeah that was it, but it is really, really bad. > Mirroring must be atomic (mirror to temporary directory then rename). > Otherwise there is a large window of time every couple of days when upgrading > packages will at best fail or leave you with broken system. > I did binary upgrade with pkg_upgrade yesterday and half of my system was linked > against wrong libintl version :( The next version of pkg_upgrade will check every downloaded package against the master server after completing the download. I expect to release it at the end of September. Regards -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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