Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/04/22/03:22:29
Eli Zaretskii writes:
>
> On Mon, 22 Apr 1996, root wrote:
>
> > archie.au://micros/pc/oak/vendors/djgpp
> >
> > If you want to find a piece of software, a very qwel avenue to
> > take is: email archie AT archie DOT au (or whatever archie you please,
> > I use archie.rutgers.edu beacuse it is more comprehensive) ... and
Yes and no :)
>
> Archie is not really helpful (IMHO) in finding large packages such as
> DJGPP. It really shines if you are looking for a specific file, because
> you can then judge how good the hit is by looking at the date of the file
> that archie returns. So if you know that DJGPP includes gcc272b.zip, you
> can use archie to find the latest copy. However, if you ask archie to
> look for "djgpp", in general you'll be in deep trouble: most of the hits
> will be hopelessly out of date old versions, and the timestamp of the
> directory (djgpp is a directory) is not really helpful.
Well, no ... if it hits archie.au://micros/pc/oak/vendors/djgpp/
You _have_ found what you are looking for, no matter how old the
directory is, v1 & v2 are there ... and when v3 comes out (? :) )
it will be mirrowed there as well :)
>
> Also, most archie servers leave much to be desired in their update
> policy, and you must know the various servers quite intimately to decide
> which one to use. For instance, how would an innocent user know that the
> rutgers server is better? (And btw, if you want to see one of the best,
> try the one from Austria, archie.univie.ac.at.)
You can say that again, archie.au, as a search engine, is a joke!
And thanks for the Austrian tip :)
>
> And of course, if you are after the latest version of some hottest
> software, don't use archie at all, because the best servers only update
> their databases once in a month; many don't do even that much.
Well ... go on, share with us what you use as a database
search engine for locating software pachages :)
Thanks again,
Cheers,
Rob
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