249021 – x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: big file in $FILESDIR

Bug 249021 - x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: big file in $FILESDIR

Summary: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: big file in $FILESDIR

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Ricardo Mendoza (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2008-11-26 21:38 UTC by Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED)
Modified:	2008-12-18 18:42 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-11-26 21:38:19 UTC

(21K) x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/files/NVIDIA_kernel-169.12-2286310.diff

I'm reporting this bug since repoman issued a warning about a file bigger than 20KiB.

Big files should be moved to mirrors, or otherwise stored outside the main cvs tree, since the cvs/rsync tree is downloaded by all users, whether they'll use your package or not.

Thank you,
Diego

Comment 1 Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-12-18 18:42:41 UTC

gone