From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 8 10:26:29 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from dustdevil.waterspout.com (fourier.physics.purdue.edu [128.210.146.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FA9315821 for ; Wed, 8 Dec 1999 10:23:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from csg@waterspout.com) Received: by dustdevil.waterspout.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5774A59; Wed, 8 Dec 1999 13:26:56 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 13:26:56 -0500 From: "C. Stephen Gunn" To: Joe Abley Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading rdist to v6.1.5 in -CURRENT? Message-ID: <19991208132656.A54455@dustdevil.waterspout.com> References: <19991208031339.DFCF29F@dustdevil.waterspout.com> <19991209040013.A20245@patho.gen.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <19991209040013.A20245@patho.gen.nz> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Dec 09, 1999 at 04:00:17AM +1300, Joe Abley wrote: > Yaay. That's a good thing. There had been some discussion and concern about the protocol incompatabilies. There was even some discussion if rdist was needed in the base system any more. It would still be available as a port. There are alternatives (rsync), but I still don't think they fill rdist's shoes for complex, or even some simple (dependant on your experience with rdist) tasks: ( /etc/aliases ) -> ( alpha beta gamma cosmic ) install /etc/aliases; special "/usr/sbin/newaliases"; I think you'd need a wrapper to do this successfully with rsync, which really is a lot more work than writing a Distfile. - Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message