This adds some new _experimental_ pipelined HTTP code which typically
makes portsnap 3-10 times faster at downloading updates. This
experimental code is disabled by default; to enable it, run portsnap
with the (undocumented) -x option. (e.g., "portsnap -x fetch")
I am not currently aware of any problems with this new code, but it has
had less than 24 hours of testing; I would definitely like to know if
it breaks anything.
If portsnap is run without the -x option, this version should behave
exactly the same way as the previous version.
Approved by: simon
* SHA-256 has replaced SHA-1 as a hash function used for verifying
integrity of the ports tree.
* The RSA signature verification is now performed using OpenSSL
rather than "borrowing" code from FreeBSD Update.
* In addition to distributing the ports tree, portsnap now also
produces up-to-date INDEX, INDEX-4, and INDEX-5 files.
* When fetching a series of patches, portsnap now prints a simple
progress indicator.
PR: ports/79044
Submitted by: maintainer
1. The working directory and ports directory can be specified
in the portsnap.conf configuration file.
2. Parts of the ports tree (down to the level of individual ports)
can be extracted (e.g., "portsnap extract security/freebsd-update").
This also adds an empty file, $PREFIX/portsnap/.package.this.directory,
which (as the name suggests) ensures that $PREFIX/portsnap/ will be
generated when a package is installed using pkg_add.
PR: 74835
Submitted by: maintainer
