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Install this package:

emerge -a net-misc/zsync

If the package is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:

autounmask net-misc/zsync

Or alternatively:

emerge --autounmask-write -a net-misc/zsync

Package Information

Description:

From the zsync web page: "zsync is a file transfer program. It allows you to download a file from a remote web server, where you have a copy of an older version of the file on your computer already. zsync downloads only the new parts of the file. It uses the same algorithm as rsync. zsync does not require any special server software or a shell account on the remote system (rsync, in comparison, requires that you have an rsh or ssh account, or that the remote system runs rsyncd). Instead, it uses a control file -- a .zsync file -- that describes the file to be downloaded and enables zsync to work out which blocks it needs. This file can be created by the admin of the web server hosting the download, and placed alongside the file to download -- it is generated once, then any downloaders with zsync can use it. Alternatively, anyone can download the file, make a .zsync and provide it to other users (this is what I am doing for the moment)."

Homepage:

http://zsync.moria.org.uk/

License:

Artistic-2

Versions

Metadata

Description

• From the zsync web page: "zsync is a file transfer program. It allows you to download a file from a remote web server, where you have a copy of an older version of the file on your computer already. zsync downloads only the new parts of the file. It uses the same algorithm as rsync. zsync does not require any special server software or a shell account on the remote system (rsync, in comparison, requires that you have an rsh or ssh account, or that the remote system runs rsyncd). Instead, it uses a control file -- a .zsync file -- that describes the file to be downloaded and enables zsync to work out which blocks it needs. This file can be created by the admin of the web server hosting the download, and placed alongside the file to download -- it is generated once, then any downloaders with zsync can use it. Alternatively, anyone can download the file, make a .zsync and provide it to other users (this is what I am doing for the moment)."

Maintainers

• Unknown (robbat2@gentoo.org) - Type: person

Upstream

• Remote IDs:
  • github: cph6/zsync

<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="person">
		<email>robbat2@gentoo.org</email>
	</maintainer>
	<longdescription lang="en">
		From the zsync web page:

		"zsync is a file transfer program. It allows you to download a file from a
		remote web server, where you have a copy of an older version of the file on your
		computer already. zsync downloads only the new parts of the file. It uses the
		same algorithm as rsync.

		zsync does not require any special server software or a shell account on the
		remote system (rsync, in comparison, requires that you have an rsh or ssh
		account, or that the remote system runs rsyncd). Instead, it uses a control file
		-- a .zsync file -- that describes the file to be downloaded and enables zsync to
		work out which blocks it needs. This file can be created by the admin of the web
		server hosting the download, and placed alongside the file to download -- it is
		generated once, then any downloaders with zsync can use it. Alternatively,
		anyone can download the file, make a .zsync and provide it to other users (this
		is what I am doing for the moment)."
	</longdescription>
	<upstream>
		<remote-id type="github">cph6/zsync</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

• [Error] Missing md5-cache for ebuild zsync-0.6.2-r5
• [Error] Missing md5-cache for ebuild zsync-0.6.2-r4

Files

• zsync-0.6.2-c99.patch
• zsync-0.6.2-musl-off_t-fix.patch
• zsync-0.6.2-unbundle-zlib.patch
• zsync-0.6.2-warning-fixes.patch
• zsync-0.6.2-zlib-1.2.3-support.patch

Manifest