On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 03:14, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > 0On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Tom Lane wrote: > > > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > OK, so if base isn't compilable, then what is it good for? I don't see > > > any add-on packages that would make it usable. > > > > AFAIR, the only reason for having the split packaging is to accommodate > > people who are downloading across flaky connections --- less to retry if > > your connection drops. You still have to download all the data if you > > want to have a useful package, no? > > Correct ... even on high speed connections, I've had problems in the past > getting large files to download, so it makes it easier if you only have to > retry a part, instead of hte whole thing ...
Most modern ftp servers and clients support resuming aborted downloads, no ? [hannu@rh72 DL]$ ncftp ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v7.3beta/ NcFTP 3.1.3 (Mar 27, 2002) by Mike Gleason ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Connecting to 64.49.215.8... postgresql.org FTP server (lukemftpd 1.2 beta 1) ready. Logging in... Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. Logged in to ftp.postgresql.org. Current remote directory is /pub/source/v7.3beta. ncftp /pub/source/v7.3beta > get postgresql-test-7.3b1.tar.gz postgresql-test-7.3b1.tar.gz: ETA: 0:03 0.63/ 1.02 MB 131.44 kB/s *** NB! I pressed ^C here select: Interrupted system call postgresql-test-7.3b1.tar.gz: 0.72/ 1.02 MB 112.17 kB/s get postgresql-test-7.3b1.tar.gz: data transfer aborted by local user. ncftp /pub/source/v7.3beta > get postgresql-test-7.3b1.tar.gz The local file "postgresql-test-7.3b1.tar.gz" already exists. Local: 753768 bytes, dated Thu Sep 05 07:28:40 GMT-5 2002. Remote: 1070154 bytes, dated Thu Sep 05 07:28:40 GMT-5 2002. [O]verwrite? [R]esume? [A]ppend to? [S]kip? [N]ew Name? [O!]verwrite all? [R!]esume all? [S!]kip all? [C]ancel > R postgresql-test-7.3b1.tar.gz: 1.02 MB 112.59 kB/s ncftp /pub/source/v7.3beta > ----------- Hannu ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
