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From: Eric Martin <freak4uxxx@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo rsync servers time out
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 05:15:14
Message-Id: 4951C540.60603@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Gentoo rsync servers time out by Mick
1 Mick wrote:
2 > I have noticed this phenomenon which I am not sure I can explain very
3 > satisfactorily. Just after midnight (GMT) any attempt to resync proves
4 > futile:
5 > ==========================================================
6 > # eix-sync
7 > * Running emerge --sync
8 >
9 >>>> Starting rsync with rsync://88.156.78.16/gentoo-portage...
10 >>>> rsync error: received SIGUSR1 (code 19) at main.c(1286) [receiver=3.0.4]
11 >>>>
12 <snip>
13 >>>> Starting retry 1 of 3 with rsync://137.226.34.228/gentoo-portage
14 >>>>
15 >>>>
16 > Checking server timestamp ...Welcome to rsync.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (137.226.34.228).
17 >
18 <snip>
19 > An hour or so later resync'ing happens without any problem. Why is this?
20 >
21 When it works the second time, is it the same server? rsync.gentoo.org
22 and rsync.$CONTINENT.gentoo.org are just cnames pointing to servers so
23 you could be getting different hosts via dns round robin. This is
24 evidenced by the two different ips in your post.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo rsync servers time out Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>