From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 27 13:31:49 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A4EA16A505 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:31:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from greenwood.andy@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.171]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26C4643EC3 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:31:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from greenwood.andy@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m2so590489uge for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2006 06:30:59 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=s06JiskbEPVanVUZuDt3B0Mifp1yZdL1F5Kp/G1wm7+4P2dKimJpEMLsNEGd3U7+hIFYzS0U4WM6Bn3TxNXskB5qwDGFzFcpH2/F8f/MPy15lb9wT61GVGKpO5lJuf737yglVe95AE+KlnT4rTQOTEEXe30E+AYfEzRyY52u8JM= Received: by 10.78.139.1 with SMTP id m1mr4463559hud; Fri, 27 Oct 2006 06:30:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.139.10 with HTTP; Fri, 27 Oct 2006 06:30:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3ee9ca710610270630k3ffed709u266d631878b9988b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:30:58 -0400 From: "Andy Greenwood" To: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" In-Reply-To: <4542094E.8050809@401.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20061027000754.86183.qmail@web58305.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <200610262236.46586.lane@joeandlane.com> <4541F8AC.1030502@401.cx> <3ee9ca710610270541m153e68d2i427a106afabcc57e@mail.gmail.com> <4542094E.8050809@401.cx> Cc: Lane , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Rik Davis Subject: Re: Ports collection issue X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:31:49 -0000 On 10/27/06, Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg wrote: > Andy Greenwood wrote: > > Is it possible to use csup with my existing cvsup files? I skimmed the > > man page and it looks very similar. Is there any advantage to using > > cvsup over csup? > > I use the same files for csup as I used for cvsup. You should not > have to change anything except removing the 'v' after the 'c' in > 'cvsup' on the command-line. :) > > Csup is basically cvsup rewritten in C instead of Modula-3. While > cvsup is an excellent program that certainly makes exactly what it > was designed to do, it unfortunately has some dependencies that are > not common on most installations. > I do not know of any advantages that cvsup might have over csup, > more then the fact that it is a thoroughly tested program that has > performed well for several years, while csup is a relatively new > program. AFAIK there has not been any reports of problem with csup > though, so I would say its safe to use. > Thanks for the info! Anything I can do to reduce dependancies on my underpowered frankenstein box is a good thing! > -- > R > > -- I'm nerdy in the extreme and whiter than sour cream