Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 21:19:59 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> To: Satoshi Asami <asami@cs.berkeley.edu> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: multiple distfiles Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970709211312.10191C-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> In-Reply-To: <199707100209.TAA16259@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU>
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On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Satoshi Asami wrote: > * Somewhat related, if the authoratative source for a set of files > * does not offer them in any archived format, is there a preferred > * way of dealing with this? > > You mean you need to fetch them one by one? Well, that depends on a > couple other factors (number of files, whether they are using wu-ftpd, > etc.).... One case is the HTML DTDs from W3C. Versions 0 through 2 are available as a tar file, but wilbur (3.2) and cougar are only available as separate file--about 4 each. Furthermore, they are available only via ftp as far as I can tell. On the bright side, I've been in contact with the powers that be and they are considering offering them neatly packaged up. In another case, even if wu-ftpd was an option, grabbing the directory would be like using a drag-net, catching every living thing from the ocean just to get a couple small files. :( -john
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