On Sun, 2003-03-23 at 03:01, Max Bowsher wrote: > Robert Collins wrote: > > On Sat, 2003-03-22 at 22:19, Max Bowsher wrote: > >> The current librsync does *not* implement the same protocol as the rsync > >> program. Therefore I don't believe it can be useful to setup. > > > > Protocol, no. sliding checksums, yes, AFAIK. > > > >> I therefore propose to remove the rsync directory and io_stream_rsync*, > >> and edit configure.in & Makefile.am accordingly. > > > > Why? > > I assumed that the point of using librsync was to access rsync:: mirrors? If > librsync can't do that, why keep it in the repository? Did you have another > use for it planned?
It's the basis for building an rsync compatible protocol even though it doesn't implement it itself. It's also the basis for rsync over http. Rob -- GPG key available at: <http://users.bigpond.net.au/robertc/keys.txt>.
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