Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 13:02:26 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <TrimYourCc@NUXI.com> To: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [PATCH] add a SITE MD5 command to ftpd Message-ID: <20010314130226.B3031@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20010314182106.A422@ringworld.oblivion.bg>; from roam@orbitel.bg on Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 06:21:06PM %2B0200 References: <20010313211544.B17733@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <200103140459.VAA03061@usr05.primenet.com> <20010314084651.A23104@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <20010314012132.A91957@dragon.nuxi.com> <20010314112651.C23104@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <20010314101440.A5965@dan.emsphone.com> <20010314182106.A422@ringworld.oblivion.bg>
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On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 06:21:06PM +0200, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> > Why not just use SIZE and MDTM, then? It serves the same purpose
> > (simply checking to see if the file has changed), and is already
> > implemented in most ftpds.
>
> Hmm.. because we do not record this in our port metadata?
Then add it! Many have asked over the ages for the distfiles' size to be
recorded. That is one reason why files/MD5 -> distfile in the reorg.
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-- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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