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Re: Tar with CVS now available
- To: egcs at tantalophile dot demon dot co dot uk, obrien at NUXI dot com
- Subject: Re: Tar with CVS now available
- From: Mike Stump <mrs at windriver dot com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 18:39:25 -0700 (PDT)
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, gilbertd at treblig dot org, jbuck at racerx dot synopsys dot com
> Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 13:09:09 -0700
> From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com>
> To: Jamie Lokier <egcs@tantalophile.demon.co.uk>
> On Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 04:19:33PM +0200, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> > It's not about firewalls -- it's about modems. Modems that are slow and
> > drop the line occasionally.
> CVSup is even faster thru modems than rsync.
> CVSup can also work thru a SOCKS firewall.
I found CVSup impossible to use. I'm fairly bright, been doing net
software for decades. Willing to hammer most problems myself, I gave
up on CVSup. rsync was a walk in the park in comparison, three
standard commands that we all know and love, done. CVSup... way too
difficult.