2004-10-31 19:12:17 +01:00
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Portsnap is a system for securely updating the ports tree by
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distributing signed compressed snapshots. This is the client
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half of that system; it downloads compressed snapshots into
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/usr/local/portsnap ("portsnap fetch") and uses those to extract
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a ports tree into /usr/ports ("portsnap extract") or update an
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existing tree ("portsnap update").
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2005-01-16 02:24:26 +01:00
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In addition to operating entirely over HTTP, portsnap can use under
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a tenth of the bandwidth required by CVSup if a copy of the ports
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tree is being updated every few days.
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2004-10-31 19:12:17 +01:00
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WWW: http://www.daemonology.net/portsnap/
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- Colin Percival
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cperciva@daemonology.net
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