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From:
Kirill A. Korinsky <kirill@korins.ky>
Subject:
Re: sysupgrade/ftp: use a 'needle' to poke through caching layers
To:
Job Snijders <job@openbsd.org>, tech@openbsd.org
Date:
Fri, 03 May 2024 15:48:11 +0200

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On Fri, 03 May 2024 15:10:54 +0200,
"Theo de Raadt" <deraadt@openbsd.org> wrote:
> 
> Theo de Raadt <deraadt@openbsd.org> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > You don't understand the problem.  There is no way to gaurantee atomicity
> > of multiple files.  It has *nothing* to do with timestamps or dates.
> 
> Oh I see the brilliance of your solution:
> 
> Nearly infinite disk space requirements for all mirrors.
> 

I assume that mirrors use rsync, which deletes remotely deleted files.

Am I wrong?

-- 
wbr, Kirill