Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 08:01:08 +0200 From: Franco Fichtner <franco@lastsummer.de> To: Eduardo Morras <emorrasg@yahoo.es> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alternatives to rsync Message-ID: <DE4C7D02-DA8C-4202-AE44-7D243A07303D@lastsummer.de> In-Reply-To: <20161014075400.5e83eef59600d6c58b885276@yahoo.es> References: <0F5C36816EB64D09B42932E21FBC6269@RIVENDELL> <68b5981d-6155-575d-6929-813f116c8419@ShaneWare.Biz> <20161013222603.GD20041@eureka.lemis.com> <20161014075400.5e83eef59600d6c58b885276@yahoo.es>
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> On 14 Oct 2016, at 7:54 AM, Eduardo Morras via freebsd-ports = <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> wrote: >=20 >=20 > Sorry for commenting on this reply to Greg to answer Shane Ambler, I > joined maillist today. >=20 > On Fri, 14 Oct 2016 09:26:03 +1100 > Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >=20 >> On Thursday, 13 October 2016 at 18:13:39 +1030, Shane Ambler wrote: >>> On 13/10/2016 15:09, reko.turja--- via freebsd-ports wrote: >>>> One of my users is needing rsync like functionality to transfer >>>> changed contents of some directories between couple of machines. >>>> As rsync 3 isn't open source, but GPL3 it's out of question in >>>> order to keep the system untainted. >>>>=20 >>>> The software should be relatively lightweight - no fullblown >>>> mirroring/backup is needed. Also hints how to achieve similar ends >>>> using maybe tar/ssh might do. >>>=20 >>> sysutils/cpdup provides similar functionality to rsync and is bsd >>> licensed. >=20 > cpdup in ports comes from old matt dillon pages and is version1.18. > DragonflyBSD has version 1.32 at [1][2] and compiles with low effort = on > FreeBSD. If there is interest in updating the port we should do it. I can talk to Matt, see if he is willing to release an updated portable version with required build fixes (if any). Cheers, Franco=
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