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

[Michal Suchanek <hramrach%centrum.cz@localhost>]

On 25/04/2009, Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost> wrote:
> 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.

pkg_install shipped with NetBSD 4.0.1 does that, and so does
pkg_install-20090326 shipped with pkgsrc 2009Q1.

Thanks

Michal