On 02/ 8/17 08:06 AM, Julian Elischer wrote:
please work on having the "Latest" image in a directory that has the
cvs revision number in its name
and make the current names just be links to there.
I ONCE AGAIN (for the third time) got half of one release (432891) and
half of another (433120) because the newest snapshot of the pkgs was
replaced half way through my process of downloading a large set of
packages. Then a couple of days later I managed to get all the files
of 433274, but by the time I got to downloading the metadata it was
changed to the next snapshot (433341), making my mirror pointless.
(unless there is a script I can run to regenerate the metadata from
the actual files. (I'm guessing there is).
Please consider keeping two copies, at any time. this measn that
someonewho starts copying the latest set has at least a couple of days
to get it.
So FreeBSD http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:10:amd64/latest/ would be a
link to the latest but someone who followed the link 20 minutes
earlier and was copying files would keep getting a consistent set.
the actual backing set would be called
something like:
FreeBSD-pkg/head/r433274/FreeBSD:10:amd64/All
and the next would be:
FreeBSD-pkg/head/r433341/FreeBSD:10:amd64/All
then
FreeBSD-pkg/head/r433529/FreeBSD:10:amd64/All
etc. (real snapshot numbers)
but
http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:10:amd64/latest/ would always point to
the latest one.
this would ensure that I don't keep getting HALF A RELEASE!
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and include a /usr/src/USING_PKG to put methodologies,
how to get sets for supported versions,
for CURRENT if available,
migration methods,
reinstall methods,
across-version upgrade CLI,
formats for each of the three files (three or more)
FreeBSD.conf and pkg.conf,
their precedence,
cli for sqlite3> fixing or altering of metadata,
etc etc
.......
I've a v12-CURRENT and a v11-CURRENT, the former suddenly has
between feb 04 feb 06 all except ONE of its browsers
unuseable
....
qupzilla "cant load freebsd.org"... etc for ALL tested url
seamonkey segfault
firefox cannot accept 2 as input Anywhere
qupzilla-qt4 bus error
........
vs opera, which TLS - hardened cannot see freebsd.org
......
and am in the process of for the first time since 2004
having to *maybe* reinstall or redo /usr/local, due to pkg not being able
to have a v12 repository and/or a hosed set of libraries
for seamonkey
and it means about a months of downtime, relative to how efficiently
I used the desktop previously...
Not wishing to come across as complaining. Newbie still in many ways.
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