From owner-freebsd-hubs Tue Nov 19 15:21:26 1996 Return-Path: owner-hubs Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA14586 for hubs-outgoing; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 15:21:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from labinfo.iet.unipi.it (labinfo.iet.unipi.it [131.114.9.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA14571; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 15:21:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (luigi@localhost) by labinfo.iet.unipi.it (8.6.5/8.6.5) id XAA04399; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 23:42:26 +0100 From: Luigi Rizzo Message-Id: <199611192242.XAA04399@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Subject: Re: Too much cruft To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 23:42:26 +0100 (MET) Cc: mark@grondar.za, committers@freebsd.org, root@freebsd.org, postmaster@freebsd.org, hubs@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199611192256.JAA03262@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Nov 20, 96 09:25:46 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hubs@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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 couldnt because all the out-of-date files in distfiles overflowed the 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 bear in mind that there are lots of out-of-date port skeletons 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