From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 19 13:27:53 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B72316A4D0; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:27:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from a.mx.ict1.everquick.net (a.mx.ict1.everquick.net [67.67.61.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFC3743F93; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:27:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net) Received: from a.mx.ict1.everquick.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) hAJLRvm1004423; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 21:27:57 GMT X-EverQuick-No-Abuse: Report any e-mail abuse to Received: from localhost (eddy@localhost)hAJLRuFI004419; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 21:27:56 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: a.mx.ict1.everquick.net: eddy owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 21:27:56 +0000 (GMT) From: "E.B. Dreger" X-X-Sender: eddy@a.mx.ict1.everquick.net To: Garance A Drosihn In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: Matthew Dillon cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unfortunate dynamic linking for everything X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 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: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 21:27:53 -0000 GAD> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 21:54:53 -0500 GAD> From: Garance A Drosihn GAD> Many freebsd users (me for one) are still living on a modem, GAD> where even one bump of 1.5 meg is a significant issue... GAD> GAD> Remember that the issue we're talking about is security GAD> updates, not full system upgrades. "Everyone" would want GAD> the security updates, even if they're on a slow link. When security updates change but a few bytes, it seems that some xdiff- or rsync-like algorithm would be an apropriate way to distribute patches. Eddy -- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita _________________________________________________________________ DO NOT send mail to the following addresses : blacklist@brics.com -or- alfra@intc.net -or- curbjmp@intc.net Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked.