On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:44:30 +0400 Peter Vereshagin <pe...@vereshagin.org> wrote:
> You can't take no for an answer, freebsd-questions! > 2011/06/15 08:51:22 +0100 RW <rwmailli...@googlemail.com> => To > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org : > R> > - From what I see in /var/db/portsnap/files/ it keeps every file > R> > it had ever downloaded: they all have different times. > R> > R> It doesn't, it's a snapshot. The timestamps just reflect the last > R> time each particular object was updated. > > Hmm... looks like only a current ports state is kept in those tars: > > $ tar > -ztf > /var/db/portsnap/files/12312e0e54a707a22613b0394a976c9d2044e98728b51c592d6e9a42c989300c.gz > Makefile distinfo > pkg-descr > pkg-plist > > such a single '.gz' extension was a false hint to me those are diffs. It does download diffs, but it applies them to the snapshot, and then discards them. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
