From owner-freebsd-current Thu May 16 22:59:52 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA16989 for current-outgoing; Thu, 16 May 1996 22:59:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns.uninet.ee (ns.uninet.ee [194.204.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA16954; Thu, 16 May 1996 22:59:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from taavi@localhost) by ns.uninet.ee (8.6.12/8.6.12) id IAA29902; Fri, 17 May 1996 08:59:15 +0300 Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 08:59:14 +0300 (EET DST) From: Taavi Talvik To: Richard Wackerbarth cc: FreeBSD Hackers , FreeBSD Current , "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Standard Shipping Containers - A Proposal for Distributing FreeBSD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On 16 May 1996, Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > The Distribution: > There are seven distribution channels upon which I will comment. > 1) Direct access to the master tree. This really applies only > to the cvs tree and is "the only way to go" for commiters > who are well connected. > 2) Using "mirror". > 3) Using "mirror" with directory listing cached on the server. > 4) Using "sup". > 5) Using "ctm". > 6) Using distribution tarballs. > 7) Using the "live file system" from CD. > > Characteristics of the Distribution Mechanisms. > a) Only (1) and (2) provide "up to the minute" copies. All the > rest give only a snapshot at server defined intervals. > However, they exert an extremely heavy load on the server. > The remainder compromise (in a reasonable mannner) by reusing > the tree scan for multiple users at the expense of a delay > in the update. I am trying to mirror FreeBSD distributions for ftp.ee.freebsd.org. So far i not very successful in keeping my server up to date. For example last nite mirror retrieved onlyabout 50 files before ftp server went away. Restarting means retreieving another 30M of directory listing... There should be better way. Mirrored FreeBSD-current (ftp.freebsd.org:/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current -> /disk2d/ftp/pub/unix/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current) FreeBSD-current @ Fri May 17 00:15:49 EET DST 1996 Got ports/LEGAL 2093 Got ports/www/netscape3/files/netscape.sh 281 Got ports/www/apache/patches/patch-ae 1755 Got ports/archivers/Makefile 386 Got ports/archivers/rar/Makefile 630 Got ports/archivers/rar/pkg/COMMENT 31 Got ports/archivers/rar/pkg/DESCR 244 Got ports/archivers/rar/pkg/PLIST 23 Got ports/archivers/rar/files/md5 54 Got ports/archivers/unrar/Makefile 503 Got ports/archivers/unrar/pkg/PLIST 11 Got ports/archivers/unrar/pkg/COMMENT 43 Got ports/archivers/unrar/files/md5 111 Got ports/games/Makefile 867 Got ports/games/imaze/Makefile 687 Got ports/games/xskat/Makefile 505 Got ports/games/xskat/pkg/COMMENT 25 Got ports/games/xskat/pkg/DESCR 216 Got ports/games/xskat/pkg/PLIST 30 Got ports/games/xskat/files/Imakefile 606 Got ports/games/xskat/files/md5 58 Got ports/x11/FWF/Makefile 433 Got ports/misc/less/Makefile 615 Got ports/print/psutils/Makefile 2170 Got ports/print/teTeX/Makefile 1163 Got ports/print/teTeX/scripts/post-install 3268 Got ports/print/teTeX/scripts/pre-extract 957 Got ports/print/teTeX/pkg/PLIST 621 Got ports/print/teTeX/files/vars 86 Got ports/print/teTeX/files/md5 1099 Got ports/lang/tclX75/Makefile 1914 Got ports/lang/tclX75/pkg/PLIST 9161 Got ports/graphics/Mesa/Makefile 375 Got ports/graphics/Mesa/pkg/PLIST 408 Got ports/graphics/Mesa/pkg/DESCR 574 Got ports/graphics/Mesa/pkg/COMMENT 52 Got ports/graphics/Mesa/patches/patch-aa 1366 Got ports/graphics/Mesa/patches/patch-ab 358 Got ports/graphics/Mesa/files/md5 59 Got ports/audio/gmod/Makefile 510 Got ports/shells/zsh/Makefile 850 Got ports/shells/zsh/files/md5 63 Got ports/shells/zsh/pkg/COMMENT 39 Got ports/shells/zsh/pkg/PLIST 575 Got ports/shells/pdksh/Makefile 459 Got ports/shells/pdksh/files/md5 60 Got ports/comms/rzsz/files/md5 54 Got src/usr.sbin/ppp/os.c 8048 Got src/usr.sbin/ctm/mkCTM/mkctm.c 14215 Got src/usr.sbin/ctm/mkCTM/Makefile 482 Got src/usr.bin/sgmlfmt/sgmlfmt.pl 15872 (file shrunk from 17699!) Failed to get src/usr.bin/f2c/f2c.1: timed out Failed to get src/usr.bin/calendar/calendar.1: 200 PORT command successful. Failed to get src/sys/i386/conf/LINT: 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for src/usr.bin/calendar/calendar.1 (7411 bytes). Failed to get src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC: remote server gone away unlink /disk2d/ftp/pub/unix/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/src/games/hack/hack.onames.h best regards, taavi