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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is there a way to automate rsync of updated portage tree across multiple boxes without each having to pull it down from a gentoo mirror
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:17:31
Message-Id: 200809151617.45164.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Is there a way to automate rsync of updated portage tree across multiple boxes without each having to pull it down from a gentoo mirror by Michael Sullivan
1 On Monday 15 September 2008 16:09:42 Michael Sullivan wrote:
2 > Is there a way to do this?  The problem with my
3 > theories on how to do this fall apart when I get to the part where a
4 > password has to be entered for rsync/scp.
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6 ssh keys.
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8 To avoid running more than one sync at a time, have the clients pull the tree
9 from the server in a cron spaced 30 minutes or an hour apart. Make sure you
10 pull the entire tree, and if you use eix to run update-eix afterwards on the
11 clients
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16 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

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