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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: cvs rdiff between 2.1.5 and 2.1.7 ( was: Re: BSD vs Linux )
Date: 20 May 1997 09:07:21 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <5lq7pk$hc4$1@klemm.gtn.com>,
andreas@klemm.gtn.com (Andreas Klemm) writes:
> In article <33802C2B.41C67EA6@freebsd.org>,
> "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> writes:
>> Assuming that you had a local copy of the CVS repository on hand (see
>> 16.3 of the FreeBSD Handbook for info on how to obtain such a thing),
>> you could answer this question for yourself by doing:
>>
>> setenv CVSROOT /where/your/CVS/repository/is/
>> cvs rdiff -rRELENG_2_1_5_RELEASE -rRELENG_2_1_7_1_RELEASE src >&
>> diff-city.txt
>
> Did that just for fun ;-)
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 4017711 19 Mai 20:29 diff-2.1.5-2.1.7
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 125297792 19 Mai 20:52 diff-2.1.5-2.2.1
I bet they compress well though !
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !