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Date:      Thu, 29 Nov 2001 01:41:28 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Alan Eldridge <alane@geeksrus.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: packages-4-stable updates
Message-ID:  <20011129014128.A55393@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20011129041354.A37216@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>; from alane@geeksrus.net on Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 04:13:54AM -0500
References:  <20011129041354.A37216@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>

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On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 04:13:54AM -0500, Alan Eldridge wrote:
> I didn't find this in handbooks or FAQ, but detailed ftp info is kinda
> sparse. :(
>=20
> How often are ports packages updated in the
>=20
>     ftp.freebsd.org:/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-stable/packages
>    =20
> directory? Or, maybe a better question is, "What's the trigger to
> update that directory?"
>=20
> E.g., right now they're a week behind bento's packages-4-full dir.

It's a manual process.  The package collection is about 4.6GB
thesedays, and that causes massive load on the downstream mirrors who
have to download all 4.6GB, since the package files have all changed).

kris

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