[R-SIG-Mac] PACKAGES file missing

[Jeroen Ooms]

On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 1:55 AM Simon Urbanek
<simon.urbanek using r-project.org> wrote:
>
> Thanks, indeed, there were some disruptions, but now the build machine has its own dedicated port and location in Auckland so hopefully things will settle.
> I have also fortified the sync scripts to not sync with the Mac master if there is no PACKAGES file to avoid such issues in case something goes wrong.

Thanks, that's great news.

Minor note: the server no longer allows for directory listing, is this
on purpose? E.g.
https://mac.r-project.org/bin/macosx/el-capitan/contrib/3.6/ . It's
sometimes useful to be able to see what is on the server, e.g. to see
the timestamps or file sizes of the packages.