From owner-freebsd-current Sun Jan 14 13:41:59 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA24658 for current-outgoing; Sun, 14 Jan 1996 13:41:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from ra.dkuug.dk (ra.dkuug.dk [193.88.44.193]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA24627 Sun, 14 Jan 1996 13:40:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from critter.tfs.com ([194.19.141.63]) by ra.dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id WAA26552; Sun, 14 Jan 1996 22:37:21 +0100 Received: from localhost.tfs.com (localhost.tfs.com [127.0.0.1]) by critter.tfs.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA02932; Sun, 14 Jan 1996 22:40:11 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: critter.tfs.com: Host localhost.tfs.com didn't use HELO protocol To: "Julian H. Stacey" cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ctm-cvs In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 13 Jan 1996 22:23:49 +0100." <199601132123.WAA09953@vector.jhs.local> Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 22:40:10 +0100 Message-ID: <2930.821655610@critter.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > -------- > > Hi Poul-Henning, CC current, > > A CTM question if I may: > Is there a particular reason for cvs-cur.1500A.gz to be a mega size ctm > patch ? Is it perhaps that way because its easier for you to maintain/appen d ? > or might it be nicer as a standard tar file ? No, it wouldn't have the md5 checksums which makes me sure that it contains the right thing. The primary two purposes for ctm is reliability and transmission cost. It's also smaller as you noticed. > but I suspect extraction might be slower using CTM (multi-pass maybe ?) > & also a friend warned me of the need to find a large tmp space else the > extract would fail. You don't need a large tmp space, just give the *.gz file as argument to ctm don't pipe it into it. Yes, it's multipass, yes it's slower, yes, it's also more likely to acheive the result you want if you're a ctm customer behind a bad line. ctm >is< very paranoid and conservative by design. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.