Re: Getting the whole repository using sup

[Alfred Perlstein <bright%mu.org@localhost>]

* David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost> [100102 17:11] wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 02, 2010 at 10:42:34PM -0200, Silas Silva wrote:
>  > > I must say, my first instinct is to say "don't use sup"...
>  > 
>  > Why? 
> 
> Because it's a superannuated pile?
> 
>  > And what alternatives I have? According to the same page, rsync
>  > seem to "puts a heavy load on our rsync server" and cvsup is not on the
>  > base (ok, it is not difficult to install it from pkgsrc...).
>  > 
>  > Any recommendations about getting the repository?
> 
> If you want a complete copy of the repository *,v files, use rsync;
> otherwise, cvs checkout.
> 
> I believe the intent of the caution about rsync is meant to read along
> the lines of "don't do this unless you have a real use for it, and
> don't rerun rsync excessively often", not "don't do this ever".

Has NetBSD looked into a port of the "csup" utility from FreeBSD?

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