Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 17:52:57 +0300 (EEST) From: Jaakko Salomaa <jsalomaa@saunalahti.fi> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909241742410.2991-100000@kone.kala.net> In-Reply-To: <37EB34AE.35683512@newsguy.com>
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On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > > This is quite interesting and I'm looking at it now. Just one quick > > question though - why did you "roll your own" ftp I/O handling instead > > of simply using fetch(3) or ftpio(3)? > > Alas, it also seems to have a "default" ftp site. I don't think > that's a good idea (remember CHANGE_THIS.freebsd.org :). An > environment variable would do just as well, except... this is the > kind of tool like to be used by clueless users, which are the ones > most likely to really want a default site. It's designed to be easy to use, so it first checks -s parameter, then PKGSERVER environment variable, then the machine's toplevel domain. If the toplevel domain contains only two letters it attemps to use ftp.<tld>.freebsd.org, else it defaults to ftp.freebsd.org and prompts whether the user wants to use it. BTW, I'm now utilizing ftpio(3) instead of my own kludge, I'll probably send a new message to -hackers when the new version is ready. (I'm going to spend a few days somewhere else.) May you live long and prosper. Jaakko Salomaa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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