[pacman-dev] [PATCH] support for mtime checking @ http database download

[Tino Reichardt]

* VMiklos <vmiklos at frugalware.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 07:25:27PM +0200, Tino Reichardt <list-pacman-dev at mcmilk.de> wrote:
> > - one new function called HttpGetMod() in ftplib.c
> > - some new if's @ pacsync.c
> > 
> > I think there may be a need for it ;)
> 
> cmiiw, but this is already in the pacman-lib cvs:
> 
> 2006-01-04 23:52  aurelien
> 
>         * lib/libftp/ftplib.c, lib/libftp/ftplib.h,
>         * src/pacman/download.c,
>           src/pacman/sync.c: added .lastudate support for HTTP protocol
> 
> why not just backport it?

When it is there, why has nobody made a new release of pacman... I think
the http mtime support is important!

I will checkout the latest cvs in the evening. I will then go through
the code and maybe add support for things like autentication @ proxies.

What version will the cvs code get. Is it 3.0 ?




-- 
regards, TR
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