Subject: 'make fetch' and partial downloads
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 07/19/2001 11:17:51
If 'make fetch' fails part way through a download we are left with
a partial file which breaks the checksum and has to be manually
removed before continuing.
What do people think about changing the 'make fetch' target to
download to a temporary file and rename after download is
complete? Would we want to use a fixed name per distfile
(eg: ${distfile}.downloading)?
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