From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Jan 27 14: 0: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 222CF37B400 for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2002 14:00:03 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g0RM03f29039; Sun, 27 Jan 2002 14:00:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 14:00:03 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200201272200.g0RM03f29039@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Alan Eldridge Subject: Re: ports/34357: ports needs a resume function. Reply-To: Alan Eldridge Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR ports/34357; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Alan Eldridge To: Wade Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/34357: ports needs a resume function. Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 16:53:22 -0500 On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 01:49:47PM -0800, Wade wrote: > >>Number: 34357 >>Category: ports >>Synopsis: ports needs a resume function. >>Confidential: no > Ports can not resume an interupted download >automatically, so I propose there be a "make resume" >target, instead of hacking it into make fetch. I Just my $.02: If the distinfo file were expanded to include the file size, this could be handled internally in the bsd.*.mk files. How much would this affect? Do the sysutils/ports* tools use distinfo? -- Alan E "Please rush me my portable walrus cleaning kit! Yes I am over 18, but my IQ isn't." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message