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  From: <michaeld@senet.com.au>
  To  : <Joel@airnet.com.au>
        < linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 02:48:57 GMT

RE: Uncompressed Kernel's for rsyncing

> > I do not want to download the whole kernel each time (It costs
> > me a lot) so the rsync server which had kernels unzipped,
> > allowed me rsync down only the small parts of each file which
> > have changed.
> 
> Why not get one kernel and from that point on download the patches? They
> contain only the difference between two releases, so in theory they should
> be even more network efficient than rsyncing.
> 
> If that is not bleeding edge enough for you, I believe there is a CVS tree
> of the kernel around - can anyone confirm or refute this wild claim?

If VGER is still around there's a CVS source for you.  Unfortunately it's Dave
Miller et al's version of the kernel which (at times) differs substantially from
a virgin (Linus Kernel)[1].

[1] brackets needed for precedence :-)

Michael...


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