Re: InfoMagic's new LDR
> > provide a consistency check for complete CD's, so that companies like
> > InfoMagic can easily check what they press. I have the impression the
>
> Eric, I suspect you are correct. I do have a tendancy to over-react to
> bad situations. What kind of consistency check would we need to
> provide? Something to read the Package file and verify that all packages
> were there and also read all the directories and verify all packages were
> listed in the Package file? Would something like that be enough?
Even better would be a tool for the end user with ftp/http capability
to compare his CD against the current image over the internet and
pick up any updates automatically. How about something that built
a symlink tree on the HD with all symlinks initially pointing to the
CD copy of each file, then using a directory with timestamps and
CRC's update the files that differ? You might also want a brute-force
approach that re-read the file's sizes and timestamps at both ends like
the perl mirror program so the same thing would work for other CD
distributions that didn't have a matching directory file or if you
suspect those files are corrupt.
Les Mikesell
les@mcs.com
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