./net/rdist6, Network file distribution/synchronisation utility

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Branch: pkgsrc-2015Q4, Version: 0.94nb1, Package name: freerdist-0.94nb1, Maintainer: christos

This is derived from version 6.1 of Rdist from USC. It is based on
rdist from 4.3BSD (classic). It includes all fixes for all bugs known
to the CSRG Berkeley folks. It has been running at USC and numerous
other sites for some time now on a wide variety of platforms.

This version of rdist is not directly compatible with rdist
distributed with 4.3BSD and subsequent vendor releases, but does
indirectly provide full backward compatibility. See COMPATIBILITY
below for details.

This version of rdist does not need to be setuid "root" at all. Rdist
now uses the rsh(1c) [remote command] program to make connections to
remote hosts, instead of making the connection directly. This
eliminates the need to be run as "root". Many thanks to Chris
Siebenmann <cks@utcc.utoronto.ca> and John DiMarco
<jdd@cdf.toronto.edu> who came up with an rsh version of rcmd() that
makes this possible.

Master sites:

SHA1: 12141ceb7932727362c560b2589a06a8fa2dbb20
RMD160: d253d6e9fd930b9fc6ee49496bee2f55086da5cf
Filesize: 135.266 KB

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