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Sven Vermeulen wrote: |
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> I have a user requesting me to update the installation instructions with a |
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> paragraph or two about increasing the RSYNC_TIMEOUT variable if the user |
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> receives a time-out even if he uses broadband access (due to too little |
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> system resources). |
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Please define "too little system resources". I've never touched that |
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RSYNC_TIMEOUT and my P100 has never had any trouble sync'ing. |
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Is he using a slow mirror, has he tried another mirror? |
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> I'm personally not in favor of this (too little users will really need this |
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> information) and it's in the handbook already (when RSYNC_TIMEOUT is |
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> discussed) although not that visible to the users. |
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Agreed. Definitely not in the handbook. |
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> As a compromise I can always put this in a FAQ but honestly, I don't think |
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> this is a FAQ (it's the first time I hear about increasing RSYNC_TIMEOUT for |
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> broadband Internet access). |
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Define the problem first. Slow/far mirror? User's own line or machine under |
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heavy load when sync'ing? |
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As you said, it's the first time we hear about that and given the high number |
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of slow broadband (128 to 256 Kb/s) connections, I think we'd have heard about |
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that sooner. |
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Cheers, |
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-- |
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/ Xavier Neys |
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