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On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 12:38, mirror-maintainer@×××××××××××××.net wrote: |
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> On 2 Oct 2002, Colin Morey wrote: |
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> > Hiyas, |
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> > Someone calling themselves "st_lim@×××××.net (Lim Swee Tat)" posted a |
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> > bug on the gentoo bugzilla system (Bug#:8601) asking for the above rsync |
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> > mirror to be removed. Is this a valid request for removal, or can we |
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> > ignore it? |
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> > If it is a valid request, then could you kindly reply and maintain the |
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> > CC: of the admin@g.o email address. |
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> > Thanks for your support for the Gentoo Linux community |
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> Hiya. |
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> I think what Swee Tat means is that the file |
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> "Archive-Update-in-Progress-mirror.averse.net" should be removed from my |
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> mirror. |
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ah hah, |
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> Background: I touch a file by that name within the destination area when I |
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> start a mirror run for all sites that I mirror, in order that users have |
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> some way of telling that the current state of my mirror may not entirely |
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> be in a consistent and correct state. The file is removed when the |
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> scheduled mirror job is finished. |
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*nods* I understand |
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> As I don't personally use gentoo, I haven't been aware whether adding this |
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> file would cause problems to gentoo users. Since this file causes |
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> problems, I'll amend my mirror script so that it doesn't create this file. |
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Due to the way the the rsync system works, any user that syncs with your |
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mirror whilst your mirror is syncing with the main server will down load |
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this file, obviously this is only a very small file, but it could cause |
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our usership some concern. |
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If you could do without the file, please do, it will make life a little |
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easier all round. |
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> If my understanding isn't correct, please do tell me what the problem is, |
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> and what I should do to fix it. |
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> Thanks for the feedback. |
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> Pui Yong |
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I believe you've explained it perfectly adequately, i'll try and get |
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back to the poster of the bug asking for more details though. |
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Thanks for your help with this, |
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Colin Morey, |
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AkA Peitolm@g.o |
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