Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Jeremy Drake wrote:
> >
> > rsync -avzCH --delete rsync.postgresql.org::pgsql-cvs cvsroot/
> >
> >
> >
>
> The buildfarm howto has somewhat more complete instructions (including
> how to adjust the various cvs config files if you need to). I set it up
> the other day - took me about 10 minutes.
>
> http://pgfoundry.org/docman/view.php/1000040/4/PGBuildFarm-HOWTO.txt -
> see point 12.
I have updated our documenation to mention rsync as a method of pulling
the cvs repositiry, and added your URL above for additional information.
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EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
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</para>
<para>
! At least two methods,
! anonymous CVS and <productname>CVSup</productname>,
are available to pull the <productname>CVS</productname> code tree from the
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> server to your local machine.
</para>
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</para>
<para>
! At least three methods, anonymous CVS, <productname>rsync</productname>,
! and <productname>CVSup</productname>,
are available to pull the <productname>CVS</productname> code tree from the
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> server to your local machine.
</para>
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</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="cvsup">
<title>Getting The Source Via <productname>CVSup</productname></title>
<para>
! An alternative to using anonymous CVS for retrieving
the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> source tree
is <productname>CVSup</productname>.
<productname>CVSup</productname> was developed by
--- 270,308 ----
</para>
</sect1>
+ <sect1 id="rsync">
+ <title>Getting The Source Via <productname>rsync</productname></title>
+
+ <para>
+ An alternative to using anonymous CVS for retrieving the
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> source tree is
+ <productname>rsync</productname>, an incremental file transfer tool.
+ A major advantage to using <productname>rsync</productname> is that it
+ can reliably replicate the <emphasis>entire</emphasis> CVS repository
+ on your local system, allowing fast local access to <command>cvs</>
+ operations such as <option>log</option> and <option>diff</option>.
+ Other advantages include fast synchronization to the
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> server due to an efficient
+ streaming transfer protocol which only sends the changes since the last
+ update.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ You can download the CVS repository using this command:
+ <programlisting>
+ rsync -avzCH --delete rsync.postgresql.org::pgsql-cvs cvsroot/
+ </programlisting>
+ For full instructions, see the "rsync" section in the
+ <ulink url="http://pgfoundry.org/docman/view.php/1000040/4/PGBuildFarm-HOWTO.txt";>
+ pgbuildfarm instructions</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ </sect1>
+
<sect1 id="cvsup">
<title>Getting The Source Via <productname>CVSup</productname></title>
<para>
! Another alternative to using anonymous CVS for retrieving
the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> source tree
is <productname>CVSup</productname>.
<productname>CVSup</productname> was developed by
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<ulink url="http://www.freebsd.org";>FreeBSD project</ulink>.
</para>
- <para>
- A major advantage to using
- <productname>CVSup</productname> is that it can reliably
- replicate the <emphasis>entire</emphasis> CVS repository on your local system,
- allowing fast local access to <command>cvs</> operations such as <option>log</option>
- and <option>diff</option>. Other advantages include fast synchronization to
- the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> server due to an efficient
- streaming transfer protocol which only sends the changes since the last update.
- </para>
-
<sect2>
<title>Preparing A <productname>CVSup</productname> Client System</title>
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