Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 09:26:05 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it (Luigi Rizzo) Cc: mark@grondar.za, committers@freebsd.org, root@freebsd.org, postmaster@freebsd.org, hubs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Too much cruft Message-ID: <199611192256.JAA03262@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199611191752.SAA03436@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> from Luigi Rizzo at "Nov 19, 96 06:52:39 pm"
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Luigi Rizzo stands accused of saying: > > I second this. I tried to save a full distribution on a cdrom, and I > couldnt because all the out-of-date files in distfiles overflowed the > available space by far. I'm working on a tool that should automate the process for this, but bear in mind that there are lots of out-of-date port skeletons out there that will go to ftp.freebsd.org in desperation once they can't find the right distfile anywhere else. This will make it easier for you to keep your own collections up-to-date though. I should have something usable by the end of the week. > Luigi Rizzo Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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