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diff --git a/share/doc/handbook/synching.sgml b/share/doc/handbook/synching.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index fe5e566..0000000 --- a/share/doc/handbook/synching.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@ -<!-- $Id: synching.sgml,v 1.9 1997/02/22 12:59:32 peter Exp $ --> -<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> - -<sect><heading>Synchronizing source trees over the Internet<label id="synching"></heading> - -<p><em>Contributed by &a.jkh;.</em> - -<!-- - -Last updated: $Date: 1997/02/22 12:59:32 $ - -This document tries to describe the various ways in which a user may -use the internet to keep development sources in synch. ---> - -<p>There are various ways of using an Internet (or email) connection -to stay up-to-date with any given area of the FreeBSD project sources, -or all areas, depending on what interests you. The primary -services we offer are CVSup and CTM. - -<p><bf>CVSup</bf> is the new kid on the block, it does everything that sup -did and more, doing it also far more efficiently in terms of its demands -on server disk space and network resources. Because of this, CVSup has -largely replaced <ref id="sup"> in the FreeBSD Project. Like sup, it also -operates on a <em>pull</em> synchronization model. - -<p><bf>CTM</bf>, on the other hand, does not interactively compare -the sources you have with those on the master archive. Instead, a script -which identifies changes in files since its previous run is executed several -times a day on the master archive, any detected changes being compressed, -stamped with a sequence-number and encoded for transmission over email -(printable ASCII only). Once received, these "CTM deltas" can then be -handed to the ctm_rmail(1) utility which will automatically decode, verify -and apply the changes to the user's copy of the sources. This process is -far more efficient than CVSup, and places less strain on our server resources -since it is a <em>push</em> rather than a <em>pull</em> model. - -<p>There are other trade-offs, of course. With CVSup, you can also -inadvertently wipe out portions of your archive and CVSup will detect -and rebuild the damaged portions for you. CTM won't do this, and if -you wipe some portion of your source tree out (and don't have it backed -up) then you will have to start from scratch (from the most recent CVS -"base delta") and rebuild it all. - -For more information on CTM, CVSup or the now largely-obsolete sup, please -see one of the following sections: - - &ctm; - &cvsup; - ⊃ |