Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 12:55:26 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> Cc: Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proposed addition to fetch(1) Message-ID: <199812032055.MAA00648@apollo.backplane.com> References: <19981203200743.A861@cons.org> <19981203210935.A16110@klemm.gtn.com>
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:> -s Ask server for size of file in bytes and print it to stdout.
:> Do not actually fetch the file.
:>
:> Actual diff appended.
:>
:> I plan to use it for a `make fetchsize` target for ports, so that you
:> can ask how much traffic you would cause before actually starting the
:> fetch.
:
:What about the possibility of setting an environment variable
:FETCH_MAX=3000
:where 3000 = 3000 KByte = 3 MByte
:Setting this variable in /etc/make.conf and fiddeling around in
:bsd.port.mk could add a nice functionality ...
What would FETCH_MAX do? Generally speaking, when you type
'make' in a port you want to make the port no matter how big
it is.
-Matt
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