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Re: pkg_info and $PKG_PATH

To: ports@openbsd.org
Subject: Re: pkg_info and $PKG_PATH
From: Ben Goren <ben@trumpetpower.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 18:46:10 -0700
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References: <20030816041140.GC11368@trumpetpower.com> <20030816073010.GD27729@beryl.sightly.net> <20030816171039.GE11368@trumpetpower.com> <Pine.BSO.4.53-CIS.0308161521120.32243@af.pbqrshfvbavf.pbz> <Pine.BSO.4.53-CIS.0308161758030.12926@af.pbqrshfvbavf.pbz>
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On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 06:06:45PM -0400, Ted Unangst wrote:

> do we really want this?  pulling down the entire mozilla package
> just to  look at  the description  seems a  waste, since  if you
> decide to install  it, the tmpfile is already gone  and you have
> to download again.

This probably opens a whole can  of worms...but would there be any
practical  way to  cache  the downloaded  file? Have  it saved  to
/usr/ports/packages? And have  it automagically  and intelligently
managed?

Cheers,

b&

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