Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:43:24 -0500 From: Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com> To: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> Cc: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portsnap is now in the base system Message-ID: <43CD3ACC.2060201@rogers.com> In-Reply-To: <op.s3iwjsfe9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> 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> <op.s3iwjsfe9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>
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Jeremy Messenger wrote: > 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. No, thats not what i meant.
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