./net/rsync, Network file distribution/synchronisation utility

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Branch: pkgsrc-2008Q1, Version: 2.6.9nb2, Package name: rsync-2.6.9nb2, Maintainer: tron

rsync is a replacement for rcp that has many more features.

rsync uses the "rsync algorithm" which provides a very fast method for
bringing remote files into sync. It does this by sending just the
differences in the files across the link, without requiring that both
sets of files are present at one of the ends of the link beforehand.
This makes rsync a good remote file distribution/synchronisation utility
in a dialup PPP/SLIP environment.

Note: it requires rsync on the destination machine.

There is a Computer Science Technical Report on the rsync algorithm
included in the distribution, and is also available as
ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/rsync/tech_report.ps

Master sites: (Expand)

SHA1: 341618e230ea2e0e551d0ccf06f840d4f824c843
RMD160: 36d270d9f01e9a8e808f426196796001bdd3d5d2
Filesize: 792.813 KB

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   2008-05-06 21:54:41 by S.P.Zeidler | Files touched by this commit (2) | Package updated
Log message:
Pullup ticket 2363 - requested by tron
security update for rsync

Applied patches supplied by tron for:
- pkgsrc/net/rsync/Makefile
- pkgsrc/net/rsync/distfile

Head uses a different version that is not affected by the vulnerability
fixed here.