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Re: [ITP] rdiff/librsync 0.9.1 - rsync remote delta algorithm
- From: "Dr. Volker Zell" <dr dot volker dot zell at oracle dot com>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:54:30 +0100
- Subject: Re: [ITP] rdiff/librsync 0.9.1 - rsync remote delta algorithm
- References: <47CC446D.5080509@acm.org>
>>>>> David Rothenberger writes:
> I'm ITP'ing this in preparation for packaging rdiff-backup, which
> requires librsync.
> Included in Debian stable:
> http://packages.qa.debian.org/libr/librsync.html
> -------- [rdiff setup.hint ] --------
> sdesc: "Compute and apply signature-based file differences"
> ldesc: "rdiff is a tool from librsync. It computes and applies
> signature-based file differences."
> category: Utils
> requires: cygwin libpopt0
> -------- [librsync1 setup.hint ] --------
> sdesc: "Free software library that implements the rsync remote-delta algorithm. (runtime)"
> ldesc: "librsync is a free software library that implements the
> rsync remote-delta algorithm. This algorithm allows efficient remote
> updates of a file, without requiring the old and new versions to
> both be present at the sending end. The library uses a streaming
> design similar to that of zlib with the aim of allowing it to be
> embedded into many different applications."
> category: Libs
> requires: cygwin libpopt0
> external-source: rdiff
This doesn't seem to depend on libpopt0
> -------- [librsync-devel setup.hint ] --------
> sdesc: "Free software library that implements the rsync remote-delta algorithm. (devel)"
> ldesc: "librsync is a free software library that implements the
> rsync remote-delta algorithm. This algorithm allows efficient remote
> updates of a file, without requiring the old and new versions to
> both be present at the sending end. The library uses a streaming
> design similar to that of zlib with the aim of allowing it to be
> embedded into many different applications."
> category: Libs Devel
> requires: cygwin popt libbz2-devel zlib
> external-source: rdiff
Otherwise builds fine from source and packaging looks good.
Ciao
Volker