Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 17:55:48 +1100 From: Dewayne Geraghty <dewaynegeraghty@gmail.com> To: Franco Fichtner <franco@lastsummer.de> Cc: Eduardo Morras <emorrasg@yahoo.es>, ports-list freebsd <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Alternatives to rsync Message-ID: <CAGnMC6qOfNWas7Q_UxpssTp%2B9YaDknwxkzKZf3VT3yJMCoobNw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <DE4C7D02-DA8C-4202-AE44-7D243A07303D@lastsummer.de> References: <0F5C36816EB64D09B42932E21FBC6269@RIVENDELL> <68b5981d-6155-575d-6929-813f116c8419@ShaneWare.Biz> <20161013222603.GD20041@eureka.lemis.com> <20161014075400.5e83eef59600d6c58b885276@yahoo.es> <DE4C7D02-DA8C-4202-AE44-7D243A07303D@lastsummer.de>
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On 14 October 2016 at 17:01, Franco Fichtner <franco@lastsummer.de> wrote: > > > On 14 Oct 2016, at 7:54 AM, Eduardo Morras via freebsd-ports < > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > > > > Sorry for commenting on this reply to Greg to answer Shane Ambler, I > > joined maillist today. > > > > On Fri, 14 Oct 2016 09:26:03 +1100 > > Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > > >> 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. > >>>> > >>>> 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. > >>> > >>> sysutils/cpdup provides similar functionality to rsync and is bsd > >>> licensed. > > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Franco, That's probably a good idea as the cpdup homepage has source for 1.09. Could we be so lucky to include extended attributes and MAC labels in cpdup? Regards, Dewayne
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