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From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
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To: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>
Cc: Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Proposed addition to fetch(1)
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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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