>>>>> "Rob" == Rob Braun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Rob> On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 12:13:40PM -0800, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >> >> During "fink selfupdate-cvs", I'm seeing a series of 10.3/unstable/... >> entries (scrolling by for a minute, probably a few hundred files) on >> *EVERY SINGLE UPDATE*. Rob> Well, since I'm probably the one that made this change, I thought Rob> I'd jump in here. First, is it just printing the file name, updating Rob> only the timestamp, or copying over the whole file? Just because it Rob> prints the filename does not mean it is transfering the whole file. Rob> It just means that rsync flagged it for some kind of update. Identifying Rob> the update that rsync flagged it for would help in debugging. It seems faster than the time I did an rm -rf on that subdir to clean out any cruft, yes. Rob> The change that is suspected of causing your grief is a change from Rob> using "rsync -a" to using "rsync -r". -a according to the man page Rob> is equivalent to -rlptgoD. To simplify, it recursivly transfers files Rob> files preserving links, ownership, group, permissions, devices, and Rob> timestamps. Most of those are not needed for the finkinfo files. Rob> As a test, could you modify your /sw/lib/perl/Fink/SelfUpdate.pm file Rob> so that instead of having an "rsync -rz" you have "rsync -rtz"? The Rob> timestamp flag is the only other one I can see affecting this. That's /sw/lib/perl5 of course. After making the edit, I see the full list of names again, but I suspect this is because the timestamps are now being set. And yes, on looking, I now see timestamps all over the map. And with one more update... SUCCESS. yes, only "./" got noted. So, please consider this a bug report, and you now know the fix. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
