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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 14:59:26 +0200
From: Philipp Reichmuth <chokepnt@prima.ruhr.de>
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Hello -whoever-!

I am currently in the process of deciding whether to use CTM or CVSUP
for keeping my FreeBSD up to date, and I'd appreciate some hint which
method to use...

Problem 1: Phone costs in Germany are no fun, so the less data is
transmitted the better.

Problem 2: I can't guarantee my source tree to stay intact which would
be no problem with CVSUP - CTM leaves me chewing rocks in this case, I'd
have to manually transmit the file via ftp.

Could you mail me a brief report of what CVSUP exactly does when it
sup's - i.e. how much data is transmitted and how long the average sup
session takes (for FreeBSD-stable, that is)?

ah... and BTW: Does it make sense to CVSUP ports? i.e. can I tell him to
manually select which port to sup in order to avoid sup'ping a few
hundred megs of source code?

Thanks

Philipp