Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 12:26:04 +0000 From: Lee McLoughlin <lmjm@doc.ic.ac.uk> To: Scott Donovan <sdd@ccd.tas.gov.AU> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mirror and perl Message-ID: <314D565C.15FB7483@doc.ic.ac.uk> References: <2.2.32.19960318050150.0072cd74@falcon.pacit.tas.gov.au>
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Scott Donovan wrote: > > >Oh dear! I've found mirror-2.8 + perl5.001m to be pretty good. > > I would have to agree, opn all but one point. the -F option always tries to > write the db files in the / directory.. highly anoying.. 2.3 didn't do > this.. just leeked memory :-) Make ONE mistake (that gets noticed :-) ... Besides technically it was perl leaking not mirror. 2.8 has code to try and get around the leak. -- Lee McLoughlin. Phone: +44 171 594 8388 IC-Parc, Imperial College, Fax: +44 171 594 8449 South Kensington, London. SW7 2BZ. UK. Email: L.McLoughlin@doc.ic.ac.uk
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