cpdup into base?

Kris Kennaway kris at FreeBSD.org
Fri Sep 21 16:44:22 PDT 2007


Harald Schmalzbauer wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> <blah>
> I just set up a intermediate backup server and copied some view hundred 
> Gig'bytes in a ssh session. Then it came to my mind that I'm on a dialup 
> line which get's cut at day change, so if my last 76G transfer wouldn't 
> finish before I had to repeat it.
> My first fault was not to use "screen", but like I wrote it's a 
> improvised intermediate server.
> Now if I had cpdup this wasn't a big problem...
> Of course there's 'pkg_add -r', but I'm using -current and I don't know 
> if there's a working package, nor that it's fetchable.
> </blah>
> 
> Is there anything against merging cpdup into base?

Yep, it's not required.  Your objection about not knowing whether there 
is a working package is silly since it's so easily answered.

Kris



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