Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:44:23 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Harald Schmalzbauer <h.schmalzbauer@omnisec.de> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cpdup into base? Message-ID: <46F45757.9050303@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <46F43D73.4010804@omnisec.de> References: <46F43D73.4010804@omnisec.de>
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Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: > Hello, > > <blah> > I just set up a intermediate backup server and copied some view hundred > Gig'bytes in a ssh session. Then it came to my mind that I'm on a dialup > line which get's cut at day change, so if my last 76G transfer wouldn't > finish before I had to repeat it. > My first fault was not to use "screen", but like I wrote it's a > improvised intermediate server. > Now if I had cpdup this wasn't a big problem... > Of course there's 'pkg_add -r', but I'm using -current and I don't know > if there's a working package, nor that it's fetchable. > </blah> > > Is there anything against merging cpdup into base? Yep, it's not required. Your objection about not knowing whether there is a working package is silly since it's so easily answered. Kris
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