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On Wednesday 24 December 2008, Eric Martin wrote: |
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> Mick wrote: |
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> > I have noticed this phenomenon which I am not sure I can explain very |
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> > satisfactorily. Just after midnight (GMT) any attempt to resync proves |
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> > futile: |
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> > ========================================================== |
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> > # eix-sync |
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> > * Running emerge --sync |
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> > |
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> >>>> Starting rsync with rsync://88.156.78.16/gentoo-portage... |
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> >>>> rsync error: received SIGUSR1 (code 19) at main.c(1286) |
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> >>>> [receiver=3.0.4] |
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> |
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> <snip> |
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> |
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> >>>> Starting retry 1 of 3 with rsync://137.226.34.228/gentoo-portage |
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> > |
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> > Checking server timestamp ...Welcome to rsync.informatik.rwth-aachen.de |
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> > (137.226.34.228). |
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> |
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> <snip> |
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> |
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> > An hour or so later resync'ing happens without any problem. Why is this? |
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> |
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> When it works the second time, is it the same server? rsync.gentoo.org |
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> and rsync.$CONTINENT.gentoo.org are just cnames pointing to servers so |
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> you could be getting different hosts via dns round robin. This is |
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> evidenced by the two different ips in your post. |
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I am getting different hosts every time I try of course, but no matter how |
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many times I try immediately after midnight it will always fail in the same |
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manner. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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