./net/zsync, Optimising file distribution program, a 1-to-many rsync

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Branch: CURRENT, Version: 0.6.2, Package name: zsync-0.6.2, Maintainer: agc

zsync is a file transfer program. It allows you to download a file
from a remote server, where you have a copy of an older version of the
file on your computer already. zsync downloads only the new parts of
the file. It uses the same algorithm as rsync. However, zsync is
designed for file distribution, with one file on a server to be
distributed to thousands of downloaders. zsync requires no special
server software - just a web server to host the files - and imposes no
extra load on the server, making it ideal for large scale file
distribution.

Client-side rsync - zsync runs on the client side, thus
avoiding the high server load associated with rsync.

Rsync over HTTP - zsync provides transfers that are nearly as
efficient as rsync -z or cvsup, without the need to run a
special server application. All that is needed is an
HTTP/1.1-compliant web server, so it works through firewalls
and on shared hosting accounts.

Handling for compressed files - rsync is ineffective on
compressed files, unless they are compressed with a patched
version of gzip. zsync has special handling for gzipped
files, which enables update transfers of files which are
distributed in compressed form.

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Filesize: 239.836 KB

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   2021-10-26 13:07:15 by Nia Alarie | Files touched by this commit (958) 
Log message:
net: Replace RMD160 checksums with BLAKE2s checksums

All checksums have been double-checked against existing RMD160 and
SHA512 hashes

Not committed (merge conflicts...):

net/radsecproxy/distinfo

The following distfiles could not be fetched (fetched conditionally?):

./net/citrix_ica/distinfo citrix_ica-10.6.115659/en.linuxx86.tar.gz
./net/djbdns/distinfo dnscache-1.05-multiple-ip.patch
./net/djbdns/distinfo djbdns-1.05-test28.diff.xz
./net/djbdns/distinfo djbdns-1.05-ignoreip2.patch
./net/djbdns/distinfo djbdns-1.05-multiip.diff
./net/djbdns/distinfo djbdns-cachestats.patch
   2021-10-07 16:43:07 by Nia Alarie | Files touched by this commit (962) 
Log message:
net: Remove SHA1 hashes for distfiles
   2015-11-04 01:35:47 by Alistair G. Crooks | Files touched by this commit (748) 
Log message:
Add SHA512 digests for distfiles for net category

Problems found with existing digests:
	Package haproxy distfile haproxy-1.5.14.tar.gz
	159f5beb8fdc6b8059ae51b53dc935d91c0fb51f [recorded]
	da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709 [calculated]

Problems found locating distfiles:
	Package bsddip: missing distfile bsddip-1.02.tar.Z
	Package citrix_ica: missing distfile citrix_ica-10.6.115659/en.linuxx86.tar.gz
	Package djbdns: missing distfile djbdns-1.05-test25.diff.bz2
	Package djbdns: missing distfile djbdns-cachestats.patch
	Package djbdns: missing distfile 0002-dnscache-cache-soa-records.patch
	Package gated: missing distfile gated-3-5-11.tar.gz
	Package owncloudclient: missing distfile owncloudclient-2.0.2.tar.xz
	Package poink: missing distfile poink-1.6.tar.gz
	Package ra-rtsp-proxy: missing distfile rtspd-src-1.0.0.0.tar.gz
	Package ucspi-ssl: missing distfile ucspi-ssl-0.70-ucspitls-0.1.patch
	Package waste: missing distfile waste-source.tar.gz

Otherwise, existing SHA1 digests verified and found to be the same on
the machine holding the existing distfiles (morden).  All existing
SHA1 digests retained for now as an audit trail.
   2013-10-29 11:54:38 by Jonathan Perkin | Files touched by this commit (1) 
Log message:
USE_LANGUAGES=c99, fixes build on SunOS.
   2012-10-23 19:19:22 by Aleksej Saushev | Files touched by this commit (671) 
Log message:
Drop superfluous PKG_DESTDIR_SUPPORT, "user-destdir" is default these days.
   2012-08-11 17:43:13 by Alistair G. Crooks | Files touched by this commit (4) | Imported package
Log message:
Import zsync-0.6.2 into the packages collection.

	zsync is a file transfer program.  It allows you to download a file
	from a remote server, where you have a copy of an older version of the
	file on your computer already.  zsync downloads only the new parts of
	the file.  It uses the same algorithm as rsync.  However, zsync is
	designed for file distribution, with one file on a server to be
	distributed to thousands of downloaders.  zsync requires no special
	server software - just a web server to host the files - and imposes no
	extra load on the server, making it ideal for large scale file
	distribution.

		Client-side rsync - zsync runs on the client side, thus
		avoiding the high server load associated with rsync.

		Rsync over HTTP - zsync provides transfers that are nearly as
		efficient as rsync -z or cvsup, without the need to run a
		special server application.  All that is needed is an
		HTTP/1.1-compliant web server, so it works through firewalls
		and on shared hosting accounts.

		Handling for compressed files - rsync is ineffective on
		compressed files, unless they are compressed with a patched
		version of gzip.  zsync has special handling for gzipped
		files, which enables update transfers of files which are
		distributed in compressed form.