On Sun, 10 Dec 1995, Bruce Perens wrote:
> Everybody has problems with truncated uploads, etc. Generally they can't
> fix them by themselves. I wanted to repair this by automating the FTP
> archive process to check against the changes file and then move the file
> into place. Ian Murdock objected
On Sun, 10 Dec 1995 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'd love that feature too. But that either requires a damn good script,
> or that everybody uses the same .changes format.
I think everyone *should* be using the same format. Bill has addressed
my complaints and suggestions about the old dchanges f
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
:
: I'd love that feature too. But that either requires a damn good script, or
: that everybody uses the same .changes format.
"Obviously", everyone should use the same .changes format... but I don't care
what that is, which is why I stayed out of the di
Bdale Garbee writes:
Bdale> This solves the problem, since Pending wouldn't allow uploads, and
Bdale> only things that look like packages with changes files for which all
Bdale> the pieces look intact would be copied. Scripting this doesn't seem
Bdale> hard, either... wake up once in a
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
: I think we should arrive at a happy medium - uploads
: are verified against their .changes file and moved into an accessable
: area that is not their final resting place. Ian can then move them, with
: the confidence that their integrity has been checked,
Everybody has problems with truncated uploads, etc. Generally they can't
fix them by themselves. I wanted to repair this by automating the FTP
archive process to check against the changes file and then move the file
into place. Ian Murdock objected to this as he wanted to manage the FTP
archive by
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