From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Dec 27 21:16:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA22477 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 21:16:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from wall.polstra.com (rtrwan160.accessone.com [206.213.115.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA22471 for ; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 21:16:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: from vashon.polstra.com (vashon.polstra.com [206.213.73.13]) by wall.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id VAA23168; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 21:16:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) From: John Polstra Received: (from jdp@localhost) by vashon.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id VAA08330; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 21:16:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 21:16:26 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199812280516.VAA08330@vashon.polstra.com> To: mike@smith.net.au Subject: Re: split scontrib, was Re: /usr/src/gnu sources Newsgroups: polstra.freebsd.hackers In-Reply-To: <199812271121.DAA02164@dingo.cdrom.com> Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In article <199812271121.DAA02164@dingo.cdrom.com>, Mike Smith wrote: > > Breaking the directories doesn't make any sense; any method of fetching > them already has better granularity (except perhaps CVSup). If you > want smaller CVSup fragments, talk to John. Don't talk to John, just RTFM. ;-) With the "-i" option (or the "Filter" type-in) you can get any little pieces you want, down to a single file. John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." -- H. L. Mencken To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message