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| author | Mike Pechkin <mpech@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2001-10-05 14:45:55 +0000 |
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| committer | Mike Pechkin <mpech@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2001-10-05 14:45:55 +0000 |
| commit | e7d0adf95322ccbac21d361be1700e9edb07eff2 (patch) | |
| tree | 0a7ba8b2db2a1f697897ee36c97e0c9344da12c9 /share/man/man7/mirroring-ports.7 | |
| parent | 7ef5a345919c1cba77bdfe5ffcf43dde619dabd4 (diff) | |
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| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man7/mirroring-ports.7 | 20 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man7/mirroring-ports.7 b/share/man/man7/mirroring-ports.7 index 25543ac6c9f..2342b91717c 100644 --- a/share/man/man7/mirroring-ports.7 +++ b/share/man/man7/mirroring-ports.7 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: mirroring-ports.7,v 1.5 2001/03/01 16:11:22 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: mirroring-ports.7,v 1.6 2001/10/05 14:45:54 mpech Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2000 Marc Espie .\" @@ -167,21 +167,23 @@ directory. Changing checksums is a recurring problem that is outside the direct control of the .Ox -Project. Some software distributors change distribution files without -warning, without changing the file name proper. Once the problem has been -identified, the port maintainer should usually contact the software author -to fix the problem, or, if the software author is unresponsive, the -maintainer should use +Project. +Some software distributors change distribution files without +warning, without changing the file name proper. +Once the problem has been identified, the port maintainer should usually +contact the software author to fix the problem, or, if the software author +is unresponsive, the maintainer should use .Ev DIST_SUBDIR to provide some state to guard against shifting checksums. .Pp However, a more robust approach is also needed, so that ports users can depend on distfiles mirrors to carry what they need irregardless of those -synchronization issues. The +synchronization issues. +The .Pa link-checksums script creates another access to the distfiles, indexed through the actual -checksums that the files should match. Provided mirroring is run -sufficiently often, together with +checksums that the files should match. +Provided mirroring is run sufficiently often, together with .Pa link-checksums , two versions of the same distfile with respective checksums cksum1 and cksum2 will be available under the names |