Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 10:44:53 -0400 (EDT) From: "Chris D. Faulhaber" <jedgar@fxp.org> To: Mike Harding <mvh@ix.netcom.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recent ports behavior (fetch) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007251043250.22924-100000@pawn.primelocation.net> In-Reply-To: <20000725143107.9A4D1E6E75@netcom1.netcom.com>
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On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, Mike Harding wrote: > > Recently I have noticed that one of the following happens if you > interrupt a fetch during a ports 'make' (say because you have a dialup > and the port is downloading an 18M file): > > 1. Fetch runs in the background and you have to stop it multiple times. > > 2. Fetch leaves a truncated file in /usr/ports/distfiles which much > be deleted by hand. > > Is there any chance for a return to the old behavior (cntl-C stops > fetch, file deleted) for 4.1? It's a lot friendlier for us dial-up > folk... > I brought up (2) last week, with absolutely no response. I too prefer the previous behaviour of deleting truncated files instead of manually deleting them prior to re-fetching a port. ----- Chris D. Faulhaber - jedgar@fxp.org - jedgar@FreeBSD.org -------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD: The Power To Serve - http://www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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