From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 21 23:44:22 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EDDB16A419 for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:44:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from weak.local (hub.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A03A13C467; Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:44:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <46F45757.9050303@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:44:23 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Macintosh/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Harald Schmalzbauer References: <46F43D73.4010804@omnisec.de> In-Reply-To: <46F43D73.4010804@omnisec.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cpdup into base? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:44:22 -0000 Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: > Hello, > > > 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. > > > 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