On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 02:30:37AM -0500, Tim Boudreau via smartos-discuss wrote: > I'm installing a bunch of packages on a machine in Fenquiyun's Beijing > SmartOS cloud, which downloads from Joyent's package servers. > > The result is that large packages frequently fail to download - the great > firewall of China in action. > > Is there any way to convince pkgin to download ala > wget --tries=100 --continue > to keep trying until the download is complete? Or a set of manual steps to > do the equivalent? > > -Tim > > -- > http://timboudreau.com
This is a bit of an X/Y problem - I wouldn't trust anything downloaded over that connection in the first place. You're basically giving the PRC root access to your VMs if they can modify data in transit. Jon ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
