Foo JH wrote: > Hello guys, > > I notice FreeBSD is now using (and probably has been for a while) csup > instead of cvsup. The parameters looking identical - at least from the > no-gui perspective. > > Can anyone advise what the difference is, and perhaps educate me on how > this came to be? >
I'm certainly not any kind of expert, but please note by examining the dependencies you will notice cvsup requires ezm3. This is a portable version of Modula-3 ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modula-3 ), upon which cvsup is designed. Csup is a rewrite of cvsup in the C language, and as such can be included as part of the base operating system. It is only linked against a few system libraries. This also means it can be built using the same tools and system compiler whenever the system itself is updated. Csup is faster, built-in, and has no third party dependencies. Theoretically it should have less potential for problems. Cvsup is a third party port, which itself depends on other third party ports. -Mike _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
