On 2019-02-26, Mihai Popescu <mihscu@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying since a while to figure out the master site / mirrors
> files timestamps. Here is the thing: I can see the timestamps on
> master site, ftp.openbsd.org (let's skip the transfer protocol, like
> ftp, http/https).
> Are these timestamps the original from compilation time? I mean, does
> they show when the files where compiled? Of course, that means that
> timestamps must be preserved at copy action.
Unsure about base snapshots. For packages the timestamps are the time
of signing.
> If it is not the case, does those timestamps show the copy time?
> What about mirrors, do they preserve file timestamps at copy time?
*usually*.
> Are the mirrors using the local time, or the UTC time?
with >60 mirrors run by different people: it varies.
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