/usr/portsnap vs. /var/db/portsnap

Hiroki Sato hrs at FreeBSD.org
Sun Aug 7 06:36:18 GMT 2005


Colin Percival <cperciva at freebsd.org> wrote
  in <42F54DD4.7080901 at freebsd.org>:

cp> But for formality: Does anyone have an objection to having the base system
cp> enlarged by about 40kB by adding a program for updating the ports tree which
cp> is faster, uses less bandwidth, is more secure, and is easier to use than cvsup,
cp> while also having the side benefit of distributing pre-built INDEX files?

 Is the server-side part of portsnap available now?  I am interested in
 mirroring since portsnap.daemonology.net is too far from my box in Japan.

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| Hiroki SATO
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