Re: pkg/41278: NetBSD mirror system is virtually useless for packages

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/41278; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/41278: NetBSD mirror system is virtually useless for
        packages
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:30:42 +0200

 On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 08:30:00AM +0000, hramrach%centrum.cz@localhost wrote:
 >  - most ftp daemons do not support "dir bash*.t[bg]z" which pkg_add
 > uses to locate bash package. Note the [] in the glob. Accessing the
 > mirror through http somewhat works but it is slow. Also the mirrors
 > are listed as ftp in the mirror list, NetBSD has no documented http
 > mirrors.
 
 Update your pkg_install. pkg_install hasn't used glob patterns since
 20070416. HTTP processing is slower due to the need to fetch the full
 index. Somewhat smarter processing will be added at some point, to cache
 it more aggressively, but many server don't honour if-modified-since etc
 for directory listenings.
 
 Joerg