Date: Tue, 03 Dec 1996 13:29:45 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports INDEX browser update Message-ID: <199612031129.NAA10771@grackle.grondar.za>
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Michael Smith wrote: > I'd really like to hear from someone with a large collection of > distfiles, to hear how long the full scan takes. Running md5 over the > thousand or so distfiles isn't going to be the quickest, and perhaps I > need to implement a cache of some sorts for checksums... That is me. I run a "make fetch" in /usr/ports every day, and I look after ftp.za.freebsd.org (aka ftp.internat.freebsd.org), and some to-be-announced mirrors. > If people actually think this is worthwhile, I'd appreciate hearing > from you (thanks Jordan and Satoshi 8); ideas and input are welcome, > without them I might as well just dump it 8( Not only is it desirable, it is _necessary_. the distfiles area fills up far too fast, and looking for stale disfiles is a nightmare. > I'm also a bit wary of blowing my own horn; should I perhaps be > advertising PIB more widely? Hell,yes! For info - my distfiles is nearly complete. On a 486dx4/100 w/48MB and all SCSI disks, the scan-for-distfiles bit takes about 8mins (!) M -- Mark Murray PGP key fingerprint = 80 36 6E 40 83 D6 8A 36 This .sig is umop ap!sdn. BC 06 EA 0E 7A F2 CE CE
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