Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 17:18:49 -0500 From: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> To: Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Feature request: Store dist file size somewhere Message-ID: <20000322171849.A378@argon.blackdawn.com> In-Reply-To: <vqcr9d2spwr.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>; from asami@FreeBSD.ORG on Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 12:36:36PM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003211840440.84343-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> <vqcln3bu2hw.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> <20000322084226.A70194@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> <vqc4s9yu6xx.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> <20000322201502.A43966@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> <vqcr9d2spwr.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>
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On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 12:36:36PM -0800, Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrote:
> Err, before Richard has a heart attack. files/md5 *is* the right
> place to put these stuff. If we add another file, that's 3,000 more
> small files, meaning 3,000 more i-nodes and 3,000 more disk fragments
> in the ports tree.
>
> We don't need to do anything to md5(1). The size can be calculated
> without using md5 (think "ls" :).
<2 5004-0> (00-03-22 17:16:38) [will@shadow ~]% cksum icqnix
4248575454 1095 icqnix
<2 5005-0> (00-03-22 17:16:42) [will@shadow ~]% ll icqnix
-rw-r--r-- 1 will will 1095 Mar 21 22:03 icqnix
thus
${CKSUM} | ${AWK} '{print $2}' >> ${FILESDIR}/md5
I wouldn't trust /bin/ls if I were you, some folks might (ignorantly)
install their own version in /bin instead of /usr/local/bin.
--
Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>
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