Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 06:48:54 -0600 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Alexander Leidinger" <Alexander@leidinger.net> Cc: Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portsnap is now in the base system Message-ID: <op.s3iwjsfe9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <20060117133604.usxeni3g0s4o8k80@netchild.homeip.net> References: <42F871B4.6000703@freebsd.org> <200601161324.57292.nike_d@cytexbg.com> <43CB8E90.8090902@suutari.iki.fi> <20060116175526.GA25023@lizzy.catnook.local> <43CBEEF4.1000007@rogers.com> <op.s3hmigpj9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <20060117133604.usxeni3g0s4o8k80@netchild.homeip.net>
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On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 06:36:04 -0600, Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> wrote: > Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> wrote: > >>>>> Is there an utility (cvsup-replacement) like this for base system >>>>> sources ? >>>>> >>>> >>>> See csup: http://mu.org/~mux/csup.html. But it's not ready yet. > > csup is a rewrite of cvsup in C. So it's not a replacement like portsnap > is, > it's just a different implementation of the same procedure. > >>> Why would one want to replace cvsup? It works great! >> >> You won't be asking that kind of question if you read there in the >> second paragraph. ;-) > > I use both. For *me* the main reason to use portsnap was, that it is > able to > fetch updates if the only way to get something from the outside is http > (e.g. via a caching proxy). This doesn't matter at home (where I use > both: > portsnap to update where I don't need to modify the ports collection, and > cvsup+cvs for ports collection where I make changes). None of those > reasons > where outlined in the (removed) paragraph. So I think the question is > valid. I think, he means why would one want Csup to replace CVSup instead Portsnap replace CVSup. The second paragraph is a valid answer for Csup to replace CVSup, but not Portsnap. Cheers, Mezz > Bye, > Alexander. -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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