Re: Issue: get-deps.sh script is not idempotent

On Wed, 2012 Jun 20 08:06-0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
>
> Is it worth teaching get-deps.sh to download to a temporary file, and
> only put it in place when the download is complete? Or to run a test
> "unzip -l" or "tar tf -" on downloads to verify them before
> proceeding? Partial, interrupted downloads are a real pain in the bum.

There are more comprehensive frameworks that do this sort of thing, like
jhbuild. You'd want to be careful that get-deps.sh doesn't grow to
become another take on the same idea :-)

--Daniel

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