From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Apr 27 23:27:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA01181 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 23:27:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gratis.grondar.za (gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA01173 for ; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 23:27:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from greenpeace.grondar.za (greenpeace.grondar.za [196.7.18.132]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA24877; Tue, 28 Apr 1998 08:27:28 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from grondar.za (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by greenpeace.grondar.za (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA19626; Tue, 28 Apr 1998 08:27:28 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <199804280627.IAA19626@greenpeace.grondar.za> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Warner Losh cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ctm question Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 08:27:27 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Warner Losh wrote: > In message <199804280603.IAA19498@greenpeace.grondar.za> Mark Murray writes: > : You are SOL. A partially applied CTM delta breaks everything :-( > > I'm thinking about hacking ctm to have a mode that ignores the delta > if the md5 already matches the new md5 in the ctm package. That way > if there is a mismatch with the old one, it will try to apply it, keep > quiet about the ones that are up to date and whine (but not die) if > there is one that doesn't match either of the md5's. This would let > me recover from 95% of the partially applied CTM delta problems I've > run into over the years. It would at least let me KNOW what is > corrupted and take whatever action I need to to recover. Probably a good way to do this would be to extend the -F (Force) option. > I've not even looked at the code, nor at the ctmmd5 stuff that chuck > pointed me at. Would there be any interest in this? Well, it burnt me a couple of times, so yes! M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message