Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 13:58:58 +0400 (MSD) From: Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rsync vs installworld Message-ID: <20031020135711.F36677@woozle.rinet.ru> In-Reply-To: <20031020.035232.08284225.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <200310200705.JAA06855@galaxy.hbg.de.ao-srv.com> <20031020134508.P36677@woozle.rinet.ru> <20031020.035232.08284225.imp@bsdimp.com>
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On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, M. Warner Losh wrote: MWL> : MWL> : Rsync doesn't deal with file flags (chflags(2)). Thus my personal MWL> : MWL> : preference for updating machines is making installworld on a file system MWL> : MWL> : exported by the build server. MWL> : MWL> MWL> : MWL> I'm looking for ways to avoid having NFS run on the network in MWL> : MWL> question at all. MWL> : MWL> : netpipe by dds@ then? The first drawback of course is that netpipe opens MWL> : back-connection which isn't good for strict firewalls, but I think this could MWL> : be avoided by inventing something like "passive netpipe" mode... MWL> MWL> I'm not familiar with this. Can you proivde a URL? It has been announced at -hackers@ a couple of months ago, and I successfully used it for remote backups. Now dds@ changed its names, and I suppose I should take a closer look at it again. http://www.spinellis.gr/sw/unix/socketpipe/ Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- marck@rinet.ru *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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