Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262126AbTKMIx3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Nov 2003 03:53:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262128AbTKMIx3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Nov 2003 03:53:29 -0500 Received: from mail.advantest.de ([213.61.178.178]:20489 "EHLO it.advantest.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262126AbTKMIx2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Nov 2003 03:53:28 -0500 To: Andrea Arcangeli Cc: Nick Piggin , Davide Libenzi , walt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: kernel.bkbits.net off the air References: <3FB091C0.9050009@cyberone.com.au> <20031111150417.GF1649@x30.random> From: Benoit Poulot-Cazajous Organization: Jaluna Date: 12 Nov 2003 22:35:22 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20031111150417.GF1649@x30.random> Message-Id: <03Nov13.095622cet.122129@mojo.it.advantest.de> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 637 Lines: 10 Andrea Arcangeli writes: > the usual problem, and the reason we need a sequence number (increased > before and after the repo update). A file lock not. Or a file that contains md5sums of the other files in the tree. After the rsync, you recompute the md5sums file, and if it does not match, rsync again. As a bonus feature, the md5sums file can be pgp-signed. -- Benoit - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/