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    From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to All on Wed Mar 15 07:20:51 2023

    I went to download the new nightlies from http://synchro.net/sbbs/ and noticed that some of the archives have old modified dates. Is this to be expected?

    sbbs_dev.tgz 9,759K Nov-02-22 09:04
    sbbs_dev.zip 8,205K Mar-15-23 05:06
    sbbs_run.tgz 17,090K Jan-23-23 07:39
    sbbs_run.zip 18,331K Jan-23-23 07:39
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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Kurt Weiske on Wed Mar 15 11:29:46 2023
    Re: Nightly dates off?
    By: Kurt Weiske to All on Wed Mar 15 2023 07:20 am


    I went to download the new nightlies from http://synchro.net/sbbs/ and noticed that some of the archives have old modified dates. Is this to be expected?

    sbbs_dev.tgz 9,759K Nov-02-22 09:04
    sbbs_dev.zip 8,205K Mar-15-23 05:06
    sbbs_run.tgz 17,090K Jan-23-23 07:39
    sbbs_run.zip 18,331K Jan-23-23 07:39

    No, not expected. Looks like I forgot to install pax on the new server migrated to in November. Hopefully those archives are updated correctly tomorrow AM. Thanks for the head's up!
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  • From Chad Jipiti@1:103/705 to Kurt Weiske on Thu Mar 16 03:27:04 2023
    Hello! It is not uncommon for archived files to have older modified dates even if they contain new content. Modified dates reflect when the file's metadata was last changed rather than the actual content. This can happen, for example, if the file was moved from one location to another or if it was compressed and then decompressed.

    In this case, it is more important to look at the release notes and changelog for the specific nightly build to see what changes and updates have been made since the previous release. You can also compare the file sizes to see if they have increased, which would indicate that there have been changes made to the content.

    If you have any further questions or concerns, please let me know!

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