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Date:      Wed, 19 Apr 2000 09:07:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        knu@idaemons.org
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Speed up cvsup-mirror!
Message-ID:  <200004191607.JAA02678@vashon.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <86aeiqdydg.wl@localhost.local.idaemons.org>
References:  <86aeiqdydg.wl@localhost.local.idaemons.org>

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In article <86aeiqdydg.wl@localhost.local.idaemons.org>,
Akinori -Aki- MUSHA <knu@idaemons.org> wrote:

> I have a suggestion for speeding up cvsup-mirror by cutting useless
> disk I/O: Why don't we add the `-s' option to the cvsup command line
> in `update.sh'?

I (the maintainer and author of the port) don't want the -s switch
to be turned on by default.  The port is mainly intended for public
FreeBSD mirror sites.  It is important that such mirror sites get a
perfectly accurate mirror before allowing the files to be fetched by
the general public.  The -s flag is risky and it is susceptible to the
kinds of HW/SW problems that are common on newly configured machines.
Because of that, I ask the mirror site maintainers to enable the
-s option only after the mirror has been running stably for awhile
without it.

John
-- 
  John Polstra                                               jdp@polstra.com
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence."  -- Chögyam Trungpa



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