Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 01:41:28 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Alan Eldridge <alane@geeksrus.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: packages-4-stable updates Message-ID: <20011129014128.A55393@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20011129041354.A37216@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>; from alane@geeksrus.net on Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 04:13:54AM -0500 References: <20011129041354.A37216@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 04:13:54AM -0500, Alan Eldridge wrote: > I didn't find this in handbooks or FAQ, but detailed ftp info is kinda > sparse. :( > > How often are ports packages updated in the > > ftp.freebsd.org:/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-stable/packages > > directory? Or, maybe a better question is, "What's the trigger to > update that directory?" > > E.g., right now they're a week behind bento's packages-4-full dir. It's a manual process. The package collection is about 4.6GB thesedays, and that causes massive load on the downstream mirrors who have to download all 4.6GB, since the package files have all changed). kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8BgLIWry0BWjoQKURAhm6AKDfKCiNf1X2GNVo1xIRWrlkCyShVgCeKiUt pvpO/XzfZwyx9xXw78PIgas= =MnRB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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