Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:29:27 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Extract particular date snapshot from /var/db/portsnap? Message-ID: <20110615122927.695d103d@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20110615084430.GG5630@external.screwed.box> References: <20110615000951.GD5630@external.screwed.box> <AD65C2C8-0A83-4AC1-A50E-555CC04EBE91@mac.com> <20110615003434.GE5630@external.screwed.box> <20110615085122.1d4ae0be@gumby.homeunix.com> <20110615084430.GG5630@external.screwed.box>
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On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:44:30 +0400 Peter Vereshagin <peter@vereshagin.org> wrote: > You can't take no for an answer, freebsd-questions! > 2011/06/15 08:51:22 +0100 RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> => To > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org : > R> > - From what I see in /var/db/portsnap/files/ it keeps every file > R> > it had ever downloaded: they all have different times. > R> > R> It doesn't, it's a snapshot. The timestamps just reflect the last > R> time each particular object was updated. > > Hmm... looks like only a current ports state is kept in those tars: > > $ tar > -ztf /var/db/portsnap/files/12312e0e54a707a22613b0394a976c9d2044e98728b51c592d6e9a42c989300c.gz > Makefile distinfo > pkg-descr > pkg-plist > > such a single '.gz' extension was a false hint to me those are diffs. It does download diffs, but it applies them to the snapshot, and then discards them.
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