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Date:      Sat, 11 Sep 1999 11:31:45 +0200
From:      Alexander Langer <alex@cichlids.com>
To:        Bill Fenner <fenner@research.att.com>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Refetch for bsd.port.mk on checksum errors
Message-ID:  <19990911113145.A539@cichlids.cichlids.com>
In-Reply-To: <199909101810.LAA29440@windsor.research.att.com>
References:  <199909101618.JAA26093@windsor.research.att.com> <19990910185215.A36627@cichlids.cichlids.com> <199909101810.LAA29440@windsor.research.att.com>

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Thus spake Bill Fenner (fenner@research.att.com):

> you type "make", it will fetch the file completely twice, and future
> times it will refetch it, even if the fetches completely succeed.
> All of these extra fetches are a waste of time and bandwidth.

I would fetch the distfile again, too, if there is a checksum
mismatch.

Ideas against double-fetching?

Alex


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