On 4/12/08, Travis Willard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > May as well tell the people what's happening with ABS. Here's an > announcement draft: > > -----------8<-----------------8<-------- > ABS 2.0 In Testing > > With version 2, ABS has moved to an rsync method for pulling the ABS > tree, as part of the changes that needed to be made for our internal > move from CVS to SVN as our source control mechanism. This means a > few things: > > 1) cvsup/csup are no longer required > 2) /etc/abs/supfile.* are no longer required > 3) Anyone opening ports for use with ABS will now need to open port > 837, the rsync port > > Also, since category information (ie. base, devel, editors) is no > longer stored in the repo, makeworld has been updated - check > makeworld -h for more info. > -----------8<-----------------8<--------
3) For ABS users who filter *outbound* traffic: Please note that rsync uses a different port than the previous abs+cvsup combination. Rsync uses port 837, so make sure to adjust any firewall rules accordingly.