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On Friday 16 May 2003 10:37, rob holland wrote: |
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> --On Friday, May 16, 2003 10:35:26 +0000 Chris Bainbridge |
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> <C.J.Bainbridge@×××××.uk> wrote: |
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> >> only one file to diff, which in my mind should be more |
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> >> efficient. no more waiting for the 40000 file list to |
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> >> arrive. |
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> Seeing as no-one else has piped up yet... :) |
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> The main problem with using a loopback fs is that we'd then need to require |
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> kernel support for it. |
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> The main problem with using a tar file and rsyncing that is that we have to |
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> tar/untar the whole portage tree each time. That takes a while (and quite a |
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> lot of space) :/ |
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Agreed, I came to the conclusion that cvsup was probably most bandwidth |
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efficient for portage, and rgzip/rsync combo for updating distfiles (this |
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would be a godsend for modem users when something like kde gets updated). |
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