Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 14:26:25 -0800 From: Scott Blachowicz <Scott.Blachowicz@seaslug.org> To: Oyvind Moll <oyvindmo@pvv.ntnu.no> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: distfiles Message-ID: <199811182226.OAA09340@two.sabami.seaslug.org> In-Reply-To: <dslyap8rjje.fsf@apollo.orakel.ntnu.no> References: <199811170400.UAA04950@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> <XFMail.981117072633.asmodai.1@wxs.nl> <dslyap8rjje.fsf@apollo.orakel.ntnu.no>
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Oyvind Moll <oyvindmo@pvv.ntnu.no> wrote: > 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. It'd probably be easier if there were an http CGI script that would automatically handle all the details...then you just feed the right URL to fetch to go get it. But then you might have to worry about whether or not you're picking up a trustworthy site to get the distribution from...although I suppose checking an MD5 hash ought to be a good enough guard against funny business in the distribution files? Scott.Blachowicz@seaslug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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