Re: difference between cvsup and csup?
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
Re: difference between cvsup and csup?
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 09:54:25AM +0800, 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? csup is a re-write of cvsup that's written in C, so it can be included in the base system without requiring installation of Modula3 (the language cvsup was written in). There may also be licensing diffs? (I'm not sure about that off the top of my head). Hope this helps. Kevin Kinsey ___ 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
Re: difference between cvsup and csup?
Michael Powell writes: 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. I believe there are a couple of obscure functionalities that cvsup has that csup does not. If you're asking this question, you (probably) don't have to worry about them. For the general user, csup is a drop-in replacement. My expereince - as a general user - supports this. Robert Huff ___ 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
Re: difference between cvsup and csup?
On 12/12/2011 7:39 πμ, Robert Huff wrote: Michael Powell writes: 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. I believe there are a couple of obscure functionalities that cvsup has that csup does not. If you're asking this question, you (probably) don't have to worry about them. For the general user, csup is a drop-in replacement. My expereince - as a general user - supports this. Robert Huff It used to be (some versions ago) that csup only handled checkout mode and not CVS mode (that is, a mode of operation that allows you to mirror a complete CVS repository which in effect allows you to checkout and commit locally to your copy). This was for me the only reason to keep cvsup around. But csup has caught up with this functionality eliminating the need to install and use cvsup, esp. since csup is part of the base system. ___ 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
