#38265: selfupdate should fetch tarball over HTTP -------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: raimue@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: MacPorts Future Component: base | Version: 2.1.3 Keywords: | Port: -------------------------+-------------------------------- The selfupdate method currently gets base.tar via rsync, checks the .rmd160 signature, extracts it and then compares the version. This has the drawback that it always downloads the base source code (at least once) and keeps it on disk. Furthermore rsync might not be available for users behind firewalls, making selfupdate impossible for them at the moment. Instead selfupdate should do the following: 1. Download a single file indicating the latest version (similar to [https://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/trunk/base/config/ macports_version]) 2. Compare the latest version available with the current installed version. If latest version is installed, goto end. 3. Fetch the tarball and .rmd160 signature from [http://distfiles.macports.org/MacPorts a mirror] with the filenames MacPorts-${version}.tar.bz2{,.rmd160} 4. Verify signature 5. Extract source, build and install 6. After successful installation, delete tarball, .rmd160 signature file and extracted source The advantages of this approach: * The version is compared before downloading any files * Tarballs are only downloaded if a newer version is available * Fetch works over HTTP and thus allows operation behind firewalls -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/38265> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS