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Re: Whether Revisions should be required

On Sat, 9 Mar 1996, Steve Greenland wrote:

> Carl V Streeter wrote:
> > [...]
> > Get the new packages file, look at the version.  If it's bigger than the
> > last one, the file is new.  If a string compare is used, then everything
> > just "magically works".  String compares are nice that way.
> 
> Because, AIUI, the whole point of dftp is to avoid getting the
> package unless it's new. Those people sitting at the end of
> a 14.4 ppp link don't want to download emacs unless it's new...
> 
> Or am *I* missing the point here?

'fraid I think you *have* missed the point.  Carl is referring to the 
file called `Packages' which contains info on all packages.  I've got an 
old one here which is about 183k (60k gzipped).

Hope this helps,

Nikhil.