Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:39:57 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: difference between cvsup and csup? Message-ID: <20197.37805.32580.154033@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <jc417o$j4l$1@dough.gmane.org> References: <4EE55ED1.3090305@extracktor.com> <jc417o$j4l$1@dough.gmane.org>
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Michael Powell writes: > Csup is a rewrite of cvsup in the C language, and as such can be > included as part of the base operating system. It is only linked > against a few system libraries. This also means it can be built > using the same tools and system compiler whenever the system > itself is updated. > > Csup is faster, built-in, and has no third party > dependencies. Theoretically it should have less potential for > problems. Cvsup is a third party port, which itself depends on > other third party ports. I believe there are a couple of obscure functionalities that cvsup has that csup does not. If you're asking this question, you (probably) don't have to worry about them. For the general user, csup is a drop-in replacement. My expereince - as a general user - supports this. Robert Huff
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