From owner-freebsd-hubs Sat Mar 23 02:21:46 1996 Return-Path: owner-hubs Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id CAA13706 for hubs-outgoing; Sat, 23 Mar 1996 02:21:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from tfs.com (tfs.com [140.145.250.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id CAA13701 Sat, 23 Mar 1996 02:21:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from critter.tfs.com by tfs.com (smail3.1.28.1) with SMTP id m0u0QQT-0003wAC; Sat, 23 Mar 96 02:20 PST Received: from localhost.tfs.com (localhost.tfs.com [127.0.0.1]) by critter.tfs.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id IAA07571; Sat, 23 Mar 1996 08:20:07 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: critter.tfs.com: Host localhost.tfs.com didn't use HELO protocol To: "Richard Wackerbarth" cc: "freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.ORG" , "hackers@FreeBSD.ORG" , "Peter Wemm" Subject: Re: Re(2): new sup server In-reply-to: Your message of "22 Mar 1996 21:20:12 CST." Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 08:20:06 +0000 Message-ID: <7569.827569206@critter.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-hubs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > [peter] > > CTM would be *far* better to feed the mirrors with, if only it preserved the > > timestamps of the files. (phk: hint hint! :-) > > [rkw] > Well, I totally agree. And I have a suggestion that would be very easy to > implement. > > All we need to do is add a directive to ctm to set the timestamps to a FIXED > time for that update. That way ALL the sup mirrors, and anyone else who gets > the ctm update, would have the same time for each file, namely the timestamp > associated with the last ctm update of that file. Hmm, nice idea... There already is a nice timestamp in the top of an CTM delta, perfectly suitable for that. Good thinking! Send me a patch asap! :-) -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.