Date: 19 Nov 1998 01:27:37 +0100 From: Oyvind Moll <oyvindmo@pvv.ntnu.no> To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> Cc: FreeBSD Advocacy <advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: distfiles Message-ID: <dsln25ojzly.fsf@apollo.orakel.ntnu.no> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.981118192258.asmodai@wxs.nl> References: <XFMail.981118192258.asmodai@wxs.nl>
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* Jeroen Ruigrok | | On 18-Nov-98 Oyvind Moll wrote: | > [about using ftpsearch.ntnu.no for finding (nearby) site for | > distfile fetching...] | > Is this doable; dynamically finding a distsite through a search | > engine? It might have to involve getting an MD5 hash from ftpsearch | > to ensure that it's the right file, but perhaps that is already in | > there. | | MD5 checksums oughtta be the same for a given file no matter where | taken from. So why should FTPSearch provide the MD5 hash? To avoid the pain of double-fetching a possibly big file when someone puts a corrupted file on a site close to you. Checking the trojan horse's teeth, or sumtin. I don't think it's considered rude, at least. But then again; might not be worth the trouble. | The thing I am wondering about is the fact how we are going to parse | the results back to the client and how to provide a means of | selecting the distsites. Heh, might even mean another of out | (in?)famous native utilities =) | | Thoughts? M-hm. Some months ago I would have thought it an easy job to get those nice FTPsearch-guys to give us a nice, easily parseable interface to the search engine. What with their recent stunt with going commercial, depending on banners on their web front end, it might be a bit harder. I really don't know; haven't approached any of them yet about this. | > Am I talking nonsense? | | No, english ;) Good grief. What _am_ I doing? -- Øyvind Møll oyvindmo@pvv.ntnu.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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