Re: [gentoo-dev] [pre-GLEP] Split distfile mirror directory structure

[Michał Górny]

W dniu sob, 27.01.2018 o godzinie 11∶47 -0500, użytkownik Michael
Orlitzky napisał:
> On 01/27/2018 03:30 AM, Michał Górny wrote:
> > >
> > > What are we worried about in using a temporary directory? Copying across
> > > filesystem boundaries? Except in rare cases, $DISTDIR itself will be
> > > usable a temporary location (on the same filesystem), won't it?
> >
> > Why add the extra complexity when there's no need for one? Note that
> > there's also the problem of resuming transfers, so in the end we're
> > talking about permanent temporary directory where we keep unfinished
> > transfers.
>
> Can't argue with that, but I don't see it as a huge "con."
>
>
> > > For the second point, portage is going to tell me where to put the file,
> > > isn't it? Then no matter what garbage I download, won't portage look for
> > > it in the right place, because where-to-put-it is determined using the
> > > same manifest hash that determines where-to-find-it?
> >
> > No, it won't. Why would it? You're going to call something like:
> >
> >   edistadd foo.tar.gz bar.tar.gz
> >
> > ...and it will place the files in the right subdirectories.
>
> If we have a tool like edistadd, then I see the problem. But if we were
> going to use file-data based hashes, then there would be no need for a
> tool in most cases. As a developer, "repoman manifest" would handle it.
> As a user, I'm going to see a message like,
>
>  Fetch instructions for games-fps/doom3-lms-4:
>   * Please download LastManStandingCoop4Multiplatform.zip from:
>   * http://www.moddb.com/mods/last-man-standing-coop/downloads
>   * and move it to /var/cache/portage/distfiles
>
> except instead of $DISTDIR, it would suggest whatever directory is
> computed from the hash in the manifest.
>

How would that work if you had 5 different files, every one evaluating
to a different directory?


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Best regards,
Michał Górny