Anyone knows?? A google search found interesting details on cvsup. (there's even the purported 50x increase in speed on a 56K link)http://www.cvsup.org/cvsup6.html
Then I also found a link in one of GWM (Gentoo Weeky News all the way back in 2002 - http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20021223-newsletter.xml#doc_chap2_sect4) that states [snip] CVSup Under Consideration as Replacement for rsync There has been some discussion in the Gentoo developer community about migrating away from Portage's dependency on rsync and instead utilizing CVSup. Currently used in FreeBSD's ports system, CVSup offers a few distinct advantages, as well as challenges, over rsync: * Local changes will be preserved if you want them to, just like anoncvs. Anyone who's ever had their package.mask file overwritten by an emerge rsync will appreciate this feature. * CVSup is faster and more efficient than rsync. This means that CVSup can improve the efficiency of our Portage mirroring system. * CVSup's threaded design allows for file transfer begin almost immediately, unlike rsync which must build a complete file list first. Surprisingly, CVSup uses the rsync algorithm (which is very efficient) internally to synchronize individual files, but uses a better approach than rsync when coordinating the updates of large numbers of files. * CVSup is written in Modula 3, which means that transitioning to CVSup will require some non-trivial steps to ensure that we have proper Modula 3 support on all architectures. * CVSup also has the added psychological benefit of making FreeBSD users feel more at home. [/snip] Anyone wants to comment?? -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 18:07:43 up 4 days, 4:40, 6 users, load average: 1.51, 0.99, 0.76 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
