Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:39:56 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Statistics for FreeBSD FTP and CVSup mirrors Message-ID: <20080825043956.GA54120@eos.sc1.parodius.com> In-Reply-To: <20080825032902.GA90128@k7.mavetju> References: <20080825032902.GA90128@k7.mavetju>
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On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 01:29:02PM +1000, Edwin Groothuis wrote: > About a year ago I made the FreeBSD FTP mirrors statistics for the > availability of ISO images. Recently I have added statistics for > the general up-to-dateness of the FTP server (via contents of the > file /pub/FreeBSD/TIMESTAMP) and the general up-to-dateness of CVSup > mirrors, via the file CVSROOT-ports/modules. > > The statistics can be found at > http://www.mavetju.org/unix/freebsd-mirrors/ > > and are available per country or global (for CVSup mirrors and for > TIMESTAMPS). > > And as a brain teaser: > > If you have an idea on how to identify the up-to-date > /pub/FreeBSD/ports/*/packages*/All/ directory let me know and we > can discuss it. For example, it has to overcome these kind of issues: > > ftp> dir a* > 229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||27149|) > 150 Here comes the directory listing. > [... hundreds of lines deleted ...] > 226 Directory send OK. > ftp> dir z* > 229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||60927|) > 150 Here comes the directory listing. > 226 Directory send OK. I don't understand what the "issue" is there; are you saying the methodology used for detecting out-of-date packages is difficult when using the base ftp(1) client? If so, try using the ftp/omi or ftp/mirror ports, which support a form of directory listing diffs, including by timestamp. ftp://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/Mirror/mirror/mirror.html http://doc.gnu-darwin.org/omi/ -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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