Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:21:08 +0000 From: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs as port's download source Message-ID: <200503261521.08532.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <20050326125310.GA99682@isis.sigpipe.cz> References: <slrnd47ck3.7h1.use-reply-to@gnezdov.net> <20050326025548.GA64979@xor.obsecurity.org> <20050326125310.GA99682@isis.sigpipe.cz>
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On Saturday 26 March 2005 12:53, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > # kris@obsecurity.org / 2005-03-25 18:55:48 -0800: > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 08:35:40AM +0100, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > > # use-reply-to@gnezdov.net / 2005-03-25 06:40:39 +0000: > > > > Does it make sense to create a FreeBSD port with download location > > > > beeing CVS tree at some particular day? > > > > > > You mean instead of fetching a tarball from MASTER_SITES it would > > > check out a working copy from a particular date, and build that? > > > > > > There are / were several ports that do exactly this. > > > > It's not a good idea, because e.g. anyone behind a firewall will be > > unable to fetch this port. > > People behind firewalls managed by anal administrators aren't able > to use cvsup either, so this is IMO a moot point. Not really, since portsnap works through such a firewall.
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