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Hi, is this for source mirrors or rsync mirrors? |
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Adrian |
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From: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@g.o> |
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To: gentoo-mirrors@l.g.o |
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Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2016 3:08 PM |
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Subject: [gentoo-mirrors] mirror fetch jobs and --checksum |
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Hi mirrors, |
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Historically, our CVS-to-rsync process was overly enthusiastic about |
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updating timestamps on files, even if they hadn't changed. |
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With the new Git-to-rsync process, we've run into a few cases where the |
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mtime is not represented with sufficiently high accuracy to catch all of |
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the changes, and as a result changes are being missed. |
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Can you please alter your rsync cronjobs to include --checksum in the |
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commandline? All Portage calls will be including --checksum in future as |
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well. |
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A decade ago, we didn't include --checksum in the calls, as the CPU |
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power available was considerably less; however systems have improved |
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tremendously since that time. |
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I have updated the official mirroring wiki page, and if it's been a long |
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time since you reviewed your scripts, I encourage you to review it: |
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Infrastructure/Mirrors/Rsync |
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-- |
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Robin Hugh Johnson |
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Gentoo Linux: Developer, Infrastructure Lead, Foundation Trustee |
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E-Mail : robbat2@g.o |
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GnuPG FP : 11ACBA4F 4778E3F6 E4EDF38E B27B944E 34884E85 |
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