Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:20:29 +0300 From: "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> To: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvsup vs. portsnap (was Re: cvsup problem) Message-ID: <cb5206420511101320ue1715acw988bba61904de535@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4373AC67.4010403@freebsd.org> References: <CA513920FC73A14B964AB258D77EA8D60B559A@mx1.masongeneral.com> <200511091224.13143.kirk@strauser.com> <200511091044.04253.kstewart@owt.com> <200511091313.50741.kirk@strauser.com> <43725078.6000303@freebsd.org> <cb5206420511100647h5fbc1946n88f3fac1e449e758@mail.gmail.com> <4373AC67.4010403@freebsd.org>
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On 11/10/05, Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> wrote: > Andrew P. wrote: > > There are a couple more points against portsnap: > > - it lags behind by a few hours. > > This is true (well, 1-2 hours). However, the reason for this > is that portsnap builds ports INDEX files, and since portsnap > is usually more up-to-date than the INDEX files fetched by > "make fetchindex", the lag time is probably less of a problem > than one might imagine at first. > > That said, the build times should be improving somewhat as I > move portsnap builds to some new hardware in the near future. > > > - setting up a mirror is still undocumented > > I'm working on it; but for most users, a caching HTTP proxy > will be far better than an actual portsnap mirror. > > Colin Percival > satbsd# date Fri Nov 11 00:11:04 MSK 2005 satbsd# portsnap fetch Fetching snapshot tag... done. Fetching snapshot metadata... done. Updating from Thu Nov 10 02:28:12 MSK 2005 to Thu Nov 10 21:14:57 MSK 2005. Fetching 4 metadata patches... done. ... That's 3 hours, and I often see more. But that doesn't really matter (as in "really really"). Portsnap still would have saved many lives even if it lagged by a week, and I think that some humble hardware donation just might solve the problem by cutting down even those 3 hours.
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