> > provide a consistency check for complete CD's, so that companies like > > InfoMagic can easily check what they press. I have the impression the > > Eric, I suspect you are correct. I do have a tendancy to over-react to > bad situations. What kind of consistency check would we need to > provide? Something to read the Package file and verify that all packages > were there and also read all the directories and verify all packages were > listed in the Package file? Would something like that be enough?
Even better would be a tool for the end user with ftp/http capability to compare his CD against the current image over the internet and pick up any updates automatically. How about something that built a symlink tree on the HD with all symlinks initially pointing to the CD copy of each file, then using a directory with timestamps and CRC's update the files that differ? You might also want a brute-force approach that re-read the file's sizes and timestamps at both ends like the perl mirror program so the same thing would work for other CD distributions that didn't have a matching directory file or if you suspect those files are corrupt. Les Mikesell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
