From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 13 18:50:19 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 757841065677 for ; Tue, 13 May 2008 18:50:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from redchin@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.244]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29BBC8FC16 for ; Tue, 13 May 2008 18:50:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from redchin@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b33so704829ana.13 for ; Tue, 13 May 2008 11:50:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=MV8YTeegAqPjJ60a3MupDKtVzt9uUHQ5Bs70Ji9OFsE=; b=WSyR5tsizMOTRgFJ9J+OH69pz9MBCZRnYBZp9TKe4qF1ClEaZ2Y7J2fDf+oxPNOxM76uDvJNxODp2u/no8ion2HnMdMeoiwAEOJa8YoBnYGPL/+Xs9pYxJToxXJ5b4D5UGgBVW08+HnT+nqqIuxg0jTSe31YejMKOrnbr4XXLQE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=uTqXN59XvMGKSFts0o2I2yq1IiqmW4NDd/2i/1zVe51IrciuoO3kQXDFHTYZfSsraly8OxIPgEeU2aP3p/r36JftedtUH1JOmgJRcvcbdlCfM1nEEypJAAPdsjFdU2D7a+ADoadtLDbX7SgdGCxPV0CLCdfjiDSq8itICEdUTAI= Received: by 10.100.111.5 with SMTP id j5mr12237anc.112.1210702947931; Tue, 13 May 2008 11:22:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.14.7 with HTTP; Tue, 13 May 2008 11:22:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1d3ed48c0805131122x24ae7552s461d2182a132aa3e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 11:22:27 -0700 From: "Kevin Downey" To: "Joachim Rosenfeld" In-Reply-To: <6e5cf6a70805131027i3f7286d0jadacbab8f862b101@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <6e5cf6a70805131027i3f7286d0jadacbab8f862b101@mail.gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rsync'able ports tree instead of csup? 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: Tue, 13 May 2008 18:50:19 -0000 On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Joachim Rosenfeld wrote: > My usual workflow with the ports tree (and to a lesser extent, /usr/src) > goes something like this: > > 1. download ports/src tree from cdrom/ftp site (usually done once) > > 2. use csup to update to HEAD > > 3. build > > The problem is step 2. It takes a very long time for csup to apply the > latest changes from the cvsup servers to the tree, even if my previous > csup session was only the previous day. > > IMO, something like rsync would be *way* faster for this task. I know > csup is CVS-tags aware and such, but 99% of the time, I'm just tracking > HEAD. > > Would it be a good idea to setup a server that does nothing but > csup/cvsup ports, HEAD, and RELENG_7_0, and make that available via > rsync? It could be done frequently enough (maybe every 15 minutes) such > that most users would be fine with everything but the last 15 minutes. > > Has anyone done something like this already? > > thanks, > joe man portsnap -- The Mafia way is that we pursue larger goals under the guise of personal relationships. Fisheye