Patchwork [wwwdocs] PATCH for Re: rsync'd repo size

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Submitter Gerald Pfeifer
Date Jan. 2, 2011, 8:10 p.m.
Message ID <alpine.LNX.2.00.1101022109040.4999@gerinyyl.fvgr>
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Gerald Pfeifer - Jan. 2, 2011, 8:10 p.m.
On Sun, 2 Jan 2011, Richard Guenther wrote:
> Or just use a date instead of "today".  Or say "more than 23 GB" which also
> stays true ;)

Good idea!  I updated the page as follows, and shortened things as
bit on the way.

Gerald

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Index: rsync.html
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RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/rsync.html,v
retrieving revision 1.19
diff -u -r1.19 rsync.html
--- rsync.html	31 Dec 2010 16:27:18 -0000	1.19
+++ rsync.html	2 Jan 2011 20:09:45 -0000
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ 
 <h2>Getting a local copy of GCC repository using rsync</h2>
 
 <p>The GCC repository is available at <code>rsync://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-svn</code>.
-The whole repository currently takes about 23GB of disk space,
-which takes a substantial time to transfer.
-Subsequent synchronizations will be much faster, though, as rsync uses
-a smart algorithm to only transfer differences over the network.</p>
+As of January 2011 it consumes about 23GB of disk space which takes a
+substantial time to transfer.
+Subsequent synchronizations will be much faster, as rsync uses a smart
+algorithm to only transfer differences.</p>
 
 <p>Here is how you get a copy of the repository:</p>
 <blockquote><pre>