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From: Jake Moe <jakesaddress@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] http-replicator permissions
Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:39:36
Message-Id: 4D9AFF1E.7050206@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] http-replicator permissions by KH
1 On 04/05/11 19:53, KH wrote:
2 > Am 05.04.2011 11:46, schrieb Jake Moe:
3 >> On 04/05/11 18:14, KH wrote:
4 >>> Am 04.04.2011 21:30, schrieb Peter Humphrey:
5 >>>> On Monday 04 April 2011 19:12:03 William Kenworthy wrote:
6 >>>>
7 >>>>> I dont think http-replicator can manage a directory structure - are you
8 >>>>> trying to do something fancier than just serving out tarballs?
9 >>>> Yes; I want it to mirror my portage tree and serve it to other boxes on the LAN.
10 >>>> It used to do this well enough; I just want to get the permissions right.
11 >>> Hi,
12 >>>
13 >>> why not using the handbook-way?
14 >>> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/rsync.xml#doc_chap2
15 >>> I am doing it that way.
16 >>>
17 >>> Regards KH
18 >> +1
19 >>
20 >> I've got four boxes in my home network, and I have one pull down the
21 >> updates, the other three sync with that one.
22 >>
23 >> I've also set up proftpd to allow anonymous read-only access to my
24 >> /usr/portage/distfiles folder, so the other three can try to pull their
25 >> packages from locally first as well, and if that box hasn't downloaded
26 >> it yet, only then will they try to retrieve it from the Internet. See
27 >> http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/HOWTO_Setup_local_Portage_and_Package_Mirror
28 >> for info.
29 >>
30 >> Jake Moe
31 > Hi Jake Moe,
32 >
33 > for the distfiles http-replicator is great. Example:
34 > Box one has the tarball. Box 2, 3 and 4 can download it as well. Box one
35 > does not have the tarball. Box 2 may search for it, box one will
36 > download it and give it to box 2. Then box 3 and 4 can download it from
37 > box one as well.
38 >
39 > Regards KH
40 Well, I suppose I'll have to look into that then, won't I? Thanks for
41 the info.
42
43 Jake Moe

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Re: [gentoo-user] http-replicator permissions Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>