Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 19:34:09 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@secnetix.de> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Antwort: Re: fetch through ftp-proxy =?ISO-8859-1?Q?doesn=B4t?= work on FreBSD 4.3-STABLE Message-ID: <200112121834.fBCIY9t76667@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <OFD292DB4A.2110DBF7-ONC1256B20.00382095@bayer-ag.com>
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andreas.klemm.ak@bayer-ag.de wrote: > BTW, do you know a fast ftp mirror program ? /usr/ports/ftp/omi > Idea: wouldn´t it be a good idea to teach fetch recursive ftp (mirror mode) ? That's very non-trivial, because the FTP protocol was designed for that. The format of the output from a "LIST" ftp command (that's what you get when you type »dir« in a FTP client) is not specified. UNIX ls -l type output is somehow a de-facto standard, but it's really not that easy. Bottom line: That job should be done by a dedicated mirror program (such as omi), no by fetch. > I´m behind a firewall and I would prefer to get the 4.4-STABLE sources without > having to burn it at home on CD ... You mean something like this? omi -s ftp.de.freebsd.org -r /pub/FreeBSD/branches/4.0-stable/src /usr/src That would work (and it would -- like a mirror is expected to do do -- retrieve only files that have changed since the previous run). > It would be fine, to have a daily updated CVS.tgz and a src.tgz file of -STABLE > sitting somewhere in FreeBSD ftp land for whose who cannot use cvsup. Well, in that case you'd have to transfer the whole .tgz every time. Not very efficient. Better mirror the actual directory tree. > Or is cvsup able to get the sources or cvs deltas via something like ftp ? ;-) > I think no ;-) CTM might be an option, too. Regards Oliver PS: Just a small hint: It might be a good idea to configure your MUA to insert "Re:" instead of "Antwort:". ;-) -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co KG, Oettingenstr. 2, 80538 München Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "All that we see or seem is just a dream within a dream" (E. A. Poe) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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