Re: [arch-general] Making pacman check multiple repos

2009-12-13 Thread ludovic coues
As far as I've understand the main problem, it's about mirror which are not up-to-date. So could it be possible to make a dummy package of the day ? Every morning, the main server will produce a dummy package containing the today's timestamp. So if the dummy package is 3 days old, this means that

Re: [arch-general] Making pacman check multiple repos

2009-12-13 Thread Ng Oon-Ee
On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 14:33 -0700, Brendan Long wrote: > On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 12:07 +0100, Jeroen Op 't Eynde wrote: > > On 12/13/2009 10:02 AM, Nathan Wayde wrote: > > > On 13/12/09 08:48, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: > > >> On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 03:31 -0500, Qadri wrote: > > >>> > > >>> So should it be a fu

Re: [arch-general] Making pacman check multiple repos

2009-12-13 Thread Jeroen Op 't Eynde
On 12/13/2009 10:33 PM, Brendan Long wrote: On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 12:07 +0100, Jeroen Op 't Eynde wrote: On 12/13/2009 10:02 AM, Nathan Wayde wrote: On 13/12/09 08:48, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 03:31 -0500, Qadri wrote: So should it be a function of the program to make sure that

Re: [arch-general] Making pacman check multiple repos

2009-12-13 Thread Brendan Long
On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 12:07 +0100, Jeroen Op 't Eynde wrote: > On 12/13/2009 10:02 AM, Nathan Wayde wrote: > > On 13/12/09 08:48, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: > >> On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 03:31 -0500, Qadri wrote: > >>> > >>> So should it be a function of the program to make sure that happens? > >>> Or is a > >>

Re: [arch-general] Making pacman check multiple repos

2009-12-13 Thread Nathan Wayde
On 13/12/09 12:02, Xavier wrote: On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Heiko Baums wrote: Am Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:02:16 + schrieb Nathan Wayde: Of-course this also raises the question of 'what happens when the master goes down?'. Or gets hacked? The changes you talked about don't really m

Re: [arch-general] Making pacman check multiple repos

2009-12-13 Thread Xavier
On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Heiko Baums wrote: > Am Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:02:16 + > schrieb Nathan Wayde : > >> Of-course this also raises the question of 'what happens when the >> master goes down?'. > > Or gets hacked? > The changes you talked about don't really make that problem any wo

Re: [arch-general] Making pacman check multiple repos

2009-12-13 Thread Heiko Baums
Am Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:02:16 + schrieb Nathan Wayde : > Of-course this also raises the question of 'what happens when the > master goes down?'. Or gets hacked? Greetings, Heiko

Re: [arch-general] Making pacman check multiple repos

2009-12-13 Thread Jeroen Op 't Eynde
On 12/13/2009 12:08 PM, Allan McRae wrote: Jeroen Op 't Eynde wrote: On 12/13/2009 10:02 AM, Nathan Wayde wrote: On 13/12/09 08:48, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 03:31 -0500, Qadri wrote: So should it be a function of the program to make sure that happens? Or is a responsibility of

Re: [arch-general] Making pacman check multiple repos

2009-12-13 Thread Allan McRae
Jeroen Op 't Eynde wrote: On 12/13/2009 10:02 AM, Nathan Wayde wrote: On 13/12/09 08:48, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 03:31 -0500, Qadri wrote: So should it be a function of the program to make sure that happens? Or is a responsibility of the user? Should the functionality be progra

Re: [arch-general] Making pacman check multiple repos

2009-12-13 Thread Jeroen Op 't Eynde
On 12/13/2009 10:02 AM, Nathan Wayde wrote: On 13/12/09 08:48, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 03:31 -0500, Qadri wrote: So should it be a function of the program to make sure that happens? Or is a responsibility of the user? Should the functionality be programmed into pacman to make su

Re: [arch-general] Making pacman check multiple repos

2009-12-13 Thread Nathan Wayde
On 13/12/09 08:48, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 03:31 -0500, Qadri wrote: So should it be a function of the program to make sure that happens? Or is a responsibility of the user? Should the functionality be programmed into pacman to make sure that happens, or should we be asking that

Re: [arch-general] Making pacman check multiple repos

2009-12-13 Thread Ng Oon-Ee
On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 03:31 -0500, Qadri wrote: > On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 2:07 AM, Brendan Long wrote: > > > On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 11:16 +0800, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: > > > On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 17:08 -0700, Brendan Long wrote: > > > > 2009/12/11 Ng Oon-Ee > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 02:13

Re: [arch-general] Making pacman check multiple repos

2009-12-13 Thread Qadri
On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 2:07 AM, Brendan Long wrote: > On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 11:16 +0800, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: > > On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 17:08 -0700, Brendan Long wrote: > > > 2009/12/11 Ng Oon-Ee > > > > > > > On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 02:13 +0100, Heiko Baums wrote: > > > > > Am Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:58

Re: [arch-general] Making pacman check multiple repos

2009-12-12 Thread Brendan Long
On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 11:16 +0800, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: > On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 17:08 -0700, Brendan Long wrote: > > 2009/12/11 Ng Oon-Ee > > > > > On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 02:13 +0100, Heiko Baums wrote: > > > > Am Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:58:17 +0800 > > > > schrieb Ng Oon-Ee : > > > > > > > > > Because so

Re: [arch-general] Making pacman check multiple repos

2009-12-12 Thread Ng Oon-Ee
On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 17:08 -0700, Brendan Long wrote: > 2009/12/11 Ng Oon-Ee > > > On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 02:13 +0100, Heiko Baums wrote: > > > Am Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:58:17 +0800 > > > schrieb Ng Oon-Ee : > > > > > > > Because sometimes all the mirrors listed in mirrorlist will not have > > > > t

Re: [arch-general] Making pacman check multiple repos

2009-12-12 Thread Brendan Long
2009/12/11 Ng Oon-Ee > On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 02:13 +0100, Heiko Baums wrote: > > Am Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:58:17 +0800 > > schrieb Ng Oon-Ee : > > > > > Because sometimes all the mirrors listed in mirrorlist will not have > > > the file, if its just been uploaded. Also not everyone stays > > > up-to

Re: [arch-general] Making pacman check multiple repos

2009-12-12 Thread Ryan Sims
2009/12/11 Ng Oon-Ee : > On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 02:13 +0100, Heiko Baums wrote: >> Am Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:58:17 +0800 >> schrieb Ng Oon-Ee : >> >> > Because sometimes all the mirrors listed in mirrorlist will not have >> > the file, if its just been uploaded. Also not everyone stays >> > up-to-the-m

Re: [arch-general] Making pacman check multiple repos

2009-12-11 Thread Ng Oon-Ee
On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 02:13 +0100, Heiko Baums wrote: > Am Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:58:17 +0800 > schrieb Ng Oon-Ee : > > > Because sometimes all the mirrors listed in mirrorlist will not have > > the file, if its just been uploaded. Also not everyone stays > > up-to-the-minute with updates, judging by

Re: [arch-general] Making pacman check multiple repos

2009-12-11 Thread Heiko Baums
Am Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:58:17 +0800 schrieb Ng Oon-Ee : > Because sometimes all the mirrors listed in mirrorlist will not have > the file, if its just been uploaded. Also not everyone stays > up-to-the-minute with updates, judging by the "updated after a month" > posts we see once in a while. > >

Re: [arch-general] Making pacman check multiple repos

2009-12-11 Thread Ng Oon-Ee
On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 00:35 +0100, Xavier wrote: > On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 12:20 AM, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: > > While I'm not as concerned about security as some (most) here, I do > > think "db files from one site and packages from another" is a good idea. > > (some) Mirrors will be slow, however, and t

Re: [arch-general] Making pacman check multiple repos

2009-12-11 Thread Xavier
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 12:20 AM, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: > While I'm not as concerned about security as some (most) here, I do > think "db files from one site and packages from another" is a good idea. > (some) Mirrors will be slow, however, and there will be additional > complexity since the db would p

Re: [arch-general] Making pacman check multiple repos

2009-12-11 Thread Ng Oon-Ee
On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 00:54 +0200, Rogutės Sparnuotos wrote: > Aaron Griffin (2009-12-11 15:38): > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Brendan Long wrote: > > > For a little while I've been confused because pacman -Syu always said > > > that everything was up to date (for a week or more). I talked

Re: [arch-general] Making pacman check multiple repos

2009-12-11 Thread Rogutės Sparnuotos
Aaron Griffin (2009-12-11 15:38): > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Brendan Long wrote: > > For a little while I've been confused because pacman -Syu always said > > that everything was up to date (for a week or more). I talked to a > > friend at school and he had the same thing happening and I r

Re: [arch-general] Making pacman check multiple repos

2009-12-11 Thread Aaron Griffin
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Brendan Long wrote: > For a little while I've been confused because pacman -Syu always said > that everything was up to date (for a week or more). I talked to a > friend at school and he had the same thing happening and I realized > something might be wrong and com

[arch-general] Making pacman check multiple repos

2009-12-11 Thread Brendan Long
For a little while I've been confused because pacman -Syu always said that everything was up to date (for a week or more). I talked to a friend at school and he had the same thing happening and I realized something might be wrong and commented out mirrors one at a time until I found one with update