Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 23:42:26 +0100 (MET) From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: mark@grondar.za, committers@freebsd.org, root@freebsd.org, postmaster@freebsd.org, hubs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Too much cruft Message-ID: <199611192242.XAA04399@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <199611192256.JAA03262@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Nov 20, 96 09:25:46 am
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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 couldnt because all the out-of-date files in distfiles overflowed the 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 bear in mind that there are lots of out-of-date port skeletons 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. not necessarily if, as someone proposed, the distfiles are stored in different directories depending on the release. i.e, distfiles contains _all_ the files, distfiles.2.1.6 contains links to the files in "distfiles" relevant to 2.1.6, and so on Perhaps some good solution is required to avoid transferring everything when there is a version change. > 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
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