Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 08:27:27 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ctm question Message-ID: <199804280627.IAA19626@greenpeace.grondar.za>
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Warner Losh wrote: > In message <199804280603.IAA19498@greenpeace.grondar.za> Mark Murray writes: > : You are SOL. A partially applied CTM delta breaks everything :-( > > I'm thinking about hacking ctm to have a mode that ignores the delta > if the md5 already matches the new md5 in the ctm package. That way > if there is a mismatch with the old one, it will try to apply it, keep > quiet about the ones that are up to date and whine (but not die) if > there is one that doesn't match either of the md5's. This would let > me recover from 95% of the partially applied CTM delta problems I've > run into over the years. It would at least let me KNOW what is > corrupted and take whatever action I need to to recover. Probably a good way to do this would be to extend the -F (Force) option. > I've not even looked at the code, nor at the ctmmd5 stuff that chuck > pointed me at. Would there be any interest in this? Well, it burnt me a couple of times, so yes! M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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