svn commit: r317847 - head/security/gnupg

[Gary J. Hayers]

On 11/05/2013 16:09, Chris Rees wrote:
> On 11 May 2013 15:31, N.J. Mann <njm at njm.me.uk> wrote:
>> In message <20130511142412.GA37923 at FreeBSD.org>,
>>          Alexey Dokuchaev (danfe at FreeBSD.org) wrote:
>>> On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 02:46:17PM +0100, N.J. Mann wrote:
>>>> Perhaps FTP sites should be listed before HTTP ones when both exist.
>>>
>>> Please don't.  FTP is brain-damaged protocol, and though it is still works
>>> fine for distributing out large collections of files, it is definitely not
>>> as good as HTTP for distfile fetching.
>>>
>>> Those folks behind all sorts of weird firewalls call tell you more about
>>> how much PITA ftp:// URLs can get.
>>
>> I've never had problems with FTP, but I do understand you point of view.
>> Perhaps the 'make fetch' should check the size of the download and try
>> the next site if it is wrong?
>>
>
> Hmm, not sure I'd like that with the SF based ports-- they have a
> zillion MASTER_SITES.
>
> If upstream has messed with the distfile I'd prefer to find out before
> I download it ten times from Venezuela :)
>
> Chris
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There must be something causing this, it does not seem to be an isolated 
problem, maybe something that fetch(1) is doing?

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Gary J. Hayers
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