On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:43:43 +0200, Julian H. Stacey wrote: >> Mirroring must be atomic (mirror to temporary directory then rename). > > That could double disc requirement, & reduce mirror sites willing to > provide space ? >
Indeed it would. But there is no other way to solve it. Alternatively it could be prevented with no disk cost by putting "MIRROR-IN-PROGRESS" file and making all package utilities check for its existence and fail with explanation to try again later. > Cheers, > Julian _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
