From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 16 19:42:18 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A3D2106566C for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:42:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cyberleo@cyberleo.net) Received: from paka.cyberleo.net (paka.cyberleo.net [66.219.31.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31C7C8FC08 for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:42:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [172.16.44.4] (den.cyberleo.net [216.80.73.130]) by paka.cyberleo.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C280B284A5; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 15:42:21 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <50562B98.20308@cyberleo.net> Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 14:42:16 -0500 From: CyberLeo Kitsana User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:10.0.7) Gecko/20120909 Thunderbird/10.0.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeffrey Bouquet References: <1347821250.122.YahooMailClassic@web111308.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1347821250.122.YahooMailClassic@web111308.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Ports Subject: Re: [Patch] Ports and rsync X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:42:18 -0000 On 09/16/2012 01:47 PM, Jeffrey Bouquet wrote: > On 09/16/12 03:42 AM CyberLeo Kitsana wrote: >> I've submitted ports/171681[1] with a >> patch to add rsync to the list of >> update methods for the ports tree. Hopefully I'm not the >> only one who >> desires such functionality. >> >> References: >> [1] http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/171681 > > Could this substitute for .svn for those who now use csup? Or is > it maybe specific to a local network and nothing upstream. Not > clear the implications, here, or entire scenario of this rsync > methodology (I use it readily for a whole bunch of other stuff.) > But > I look forward to its implementation... if it occurs. To my knowledge, the FreeBSD foundation does not offer rsync services for ports, though nothing stops anyone from actually doing so; I run one of my own, updated via portsnap, with a custom overlay for ports that haven't much usefulness outside of my domain. It seems the easiest approach, without having to learn the intricacies of creating and maintaining custom portsnap hosts or trying to set up and feed a subversion server to host my changes. This patch just offers an easy way to invoke rsync via 'make update' without having to dig out the magical rsync invocation flags every time. -- Fuzzy love, -CyberLeo Technical Administrator CyberLeo.Net Webhosting http://www.CyberLeo.Net Furry Peace! - http://wwww.fur.com/peace/