Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 16:18:25 -0700 From: Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com> To: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/net/rsync Makefile Message-ID: <20020831231847.GD61943@lizzy.catnook.com> In-Reply-To: <04e601c25127$1b88cdc0$f800a8c0@dwcjr> References: <200204261840.g3QIeEJ84330@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020827234337.GA79648@dragon.nuxi.com> <04d801c25122$4527a840$f800a8c0@dwcjr> <20020831193211.GA22902@dragon.nuxi.com> <04e601c25127$1b88cdc0$f800a8c0@dwcjr>
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On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 02:46:32PM -0500, David W. Chapman Jr. wrote:
> > > So what do you recommend when rsync does not continue to include its own
> > > popt?
> >
> > Why do you think that will happen? It still supplies its own libz.
There's a good reason for that. The libz that ships with rsync is incompatible
with zlib 1.1.4 at the data stream level.
> Because that's what the whole dispute was over in the thread about this. I
> don't recall the thread, so I will wait for obraun to chime in, but he may
> not be back until Monday. It is entirely possible that I am thinking of
> another port though so I will wait for Oliver to respond before creating any
> more spammage. I will forward you the email and thread I am referring to
> shortly.
I supplied the popt-1.6.4 upgrade patch to rsync, and at the time Wayne
Davison suggested on rsync@samba.org that popt be removed altogether instead
of upgrading it. I tend to agree with this. The bloat issue should be taken up
with the popt maintainers; perhaps it should be possible to build popt without
the external dependencies for programs that don't need it. Unfortunately popt
seems to be largely unmaintained these days.
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