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authorcperciva <cperciva@FreeBSD.org>2005-01-16 09:24:26 +0800
committercperciva <cperciva@FreeBSD.org>2005-01-16 09:24:26 +0800
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In light of recent tests, update the description of portsnap to note
that it is far more bandwidth-efficient than CVSup in cases where the ports tree is being updated every few days. Approved by: pav
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@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ half of that system; it downloads compressed snapshots into
a ports tree into /usr/ports ("portsnap extract") or update an
existing tree ("portsnap update").
-Portsnap uses bandwidth roughly comparable to CVSup, but operates
-entirely over HTTP.
+In addition to operating entirely over HTTP, portsnap can use under
+a tenth of the bandwidth required by CVSup if a copy of the ports
+tree is being updated every few days.
WWW: http://www.daemonology.net/portsnap/