Re: DragonFlyBSD 2.0 RELEASE SCHEDULE - Release will be on 20 July 2008

[Jordan Gordeev <jgordeev@xxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :I'll update pkgbox tomorrow after the branch, and start a pbulk build.
> :
> :It tends to take a long time to make it through a bulk build (I started
> :one of pkgsrc-current last week, and it's on package 5315 of 7721 right
> :now) so we may not have packages the day of release...  We'll find out.
>
>     What are we doing wrong that is causing it to take such a long
>     time?  I've noticed when I've tried to do it that sometimes the bulk
>     build gets stuck on ftp.  It can come to a complete halt and stay that
>     way for hours on end :-(
>
>   
When I did experimental bulk builds, I did observe problems with 
stalling FTP, so I added the following line to /usr/pkg/etc/mk.conf 
(this is actually part of the bootstrap kit):
FETCH_BEFORE_ARGS=-q 60
From the ftp(1) man page:
    -q quittime
                Quit if the connection has stalled for quittime seconds.
This can't speed up the build, however it can prevent it from stalling.

>     For 2.0 we really need to have working packages on release day.
>
> 					-Matt
> 					Matthew Dillon 
> 					<dillon@backplane.com>
>