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To: Oyvind Moll <oyvindmo@pvv.ntnu.no>
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Subject: Re: distfiles 
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Oyvind Moll <oyvindmo@pvv.ntnu.no> wrote:

> Is this doable; dynamically finding a distsite through a search
> engine? It might have to involve getting an MD5 hash from ftpsearch
> to ensure that it's the right file, but perhaps that is already in
> there.

It'd probably be easier if there were an http CGI script that would
automatically handle all the details...then you just feed the right
URL to fetch to go get it.

But then you might have to worry about whether or not you're picking
up a trustworthy site to get the distribution from...although I
suppose checking an MD5 hash ought to be a good enough guard against
funny business in the distribution files?

Scott.Blachowicz@seaslug.org

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