Re: [gentoo-user] An alternative to http-replicator

2006-06-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 10:37:08 +0800, William Kenworthy wrote: Used to do that - heaps of problems when using multiple machines and multiple users. There used to be problems when trying to download the same file from two computers at once, but NFS-aware file locking in portage fixed that quite a

Re: [gentoo-user] An alternative to http-replicator

2006-06-11 Thread Mick
On 11/06/06, Walter Dnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip . . . ] My approach is to make *LOCAL* copies on the client from mirrors. The local server just happens to be the first mirror on the list. If it doesn't have a required file, no problem, check the next mirror in the list. The clients

Re: [gentoo-user] An alternative to http-replicator

2006-06-11 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 08:18:11AM +, Mick wrote How does boa compares with http-replicator in terms of functionality/security? boa is a lean+mean+fast webserver. See http://www.boa.org for details. PS. Other than not running portmapper is there a way of securing it? It has to be

Re: [gentoo-user] An alternative to http-replicator

2006-06-10 Thread Jeremy Olexa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Walter Dnes wrote: snip Much simplier: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Using_a_shared_portage_via_NFS - -- Jeremy Olexa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Office: EE/CS 1-201 CS/IT Systems Staff University of Minnesota -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG

Re: [gentoo-user] An alternative to http-replicator

2006-06-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 07:00:05 +0200, Michael Weyershäuser wrote: I don't really see the need for such elaborate setups. I just export /usr/portage/distfiles via NFS on the server and mount it on all other boxes... I've been doing it that way for years. there were some problems with

Re: [gentoo-user] An alternative to http-replicator

2006-06-10 Thread Michael Weyershäuser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jeremy Olexa wrote: Much simplier: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Using_a_shared_portage_via_NFS I have used that setup for some time and must say that sharing portage over NFS is slow like hell... -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG

Re: [gentoo-user] An alternative to http-replicator

2006-06-10 Thread Jeremy Olexa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Weyershäuser wrote: Jeremy Olexa wrote: Much simplier: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Using_a_shared_portage_via_NFS I have used that setup for some time and must say that sharing portage over NFS is slow like hell... I really only do it

Re: [gentoo-user] An alternative to http-replicator

2006-06-10 Thread Andrew Frink
On 6/10/06, Michael Weyershäuser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-Hash: SHA1Jeremy Olexa wrote: Much simplier: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Using_a_shared_portage_via_NFS I have used that setup for some time and must say that sharingportage over NFS is slow like

Re: [gentoo-user] An alternative to http-replicator

2006-06-10 Thread Mick
On 10/06/06, Michael Weyershäuser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jeremy Olexa wrote: Much simplier: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Using_a_shared_portage_via_NFS I have used that setup for some time and must say that sharing portage over NFS is slow

Re: [gentoo-user] An alternative to http-replicator

2006-06-10 Thread Bob Sanders
On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 10:25:25 + Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's the pros/cons of mounting portage over NFS Vs http-replicator? If you only have one architecture and one system type or one system that can be a superset of the others, nfs will serve you fine. If you have multiple

Re: [gentoo-user] An alternative to http-replicator

2006-06-10 Thread Teresa and Dale
Bob Sanders wrote: On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 10:25:25 + Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's the pros/cons of mounting portage over NFS Vs http-replicator? If you only have one architecture and one system type or one system that can be a superset of the others, nfs will serve you fine.

Re: [gentoo-user] An alternative to http-replicator

2006-06-10 Thread William Kenworthy
Used to do that - heaps of problems when using multiple machines and multiple users. http-replicator insulates you from that. It also allows you to remove nfs if you dont need it for anything else - also simplifies and makes the system (all machines) more reliable. nfs is ok in its place, but

Re: [gentoo-user] An alternative to http-replicator

2006-06-10 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 01:09:05AM -0500, Jeremy Olexa wrote Much simplier: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Using_a_shared_portage_via_NFS My approach requires 2 emerges (boa and rsyncd) and their config files on the server plus inserting the server as the preferred mirror in 2 lines in

Re: [gentoo-user] An alternative to http-replicator

2006-06-10 Thread Bob Sanders
On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 22:43:03 -0400 Walter Dnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My approach requires 2 emerges (boa and rsyncd) and their config files on the server plus inserting the server as the preferred mirror in 2 lines in /etc/make.conf on the client(s). That's close to what I do at work.

Re: [gentoo-user] An alternative to http-replicator

2006-06-10 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 10 June 2006 10:02, Michael Weyershäuser wrote: Jeremy Olexa wrote: Much simplier: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Using_a_shared_portage_via_NFS I have used that setup for some time and must say that sharing portage over NFS is slow like hell... Not here. 100baseT network is quite

[gentoo-user] An alternative to http-replicator

2006-06-09 Thread Walter Dnes
We want to be kinder and gentler to the Gentoo mirrors. I have 2 machines; my main machine and a 1999 450 mhz PIII as hot backup. I try to keep the backup up to date with apps duplicating the main machine, so that if the main machine dies, I can restore some data from backups and be running in

Re: [gentoo-user] An alternative to http-replicator

2006-06-09 Thread Anielkis Herrera Gonzalez
try torpage http://www.kroon.co.za/torpage.php -- Ing. Anielkis Herrera González Desarrollador de Nova LNX Linux User #377809 Universidad de las Ciencias Informáticas

Re: [gentoo-user] An alternative to http-replicator

2006-06-09 Thread Michael Weyershäuser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I don't really see the need for such elaborate setups. I just export /usr/portage/distfiles via NFS on the server and mount it on all other boxes... -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla -

Re: [gentoo-user] An alternative to http-replicator

2006-06-09 Thread Teresa and Dale
Michael Weyershäuser wrote: I don't really see the need for such elaborate setups. I just export /usr/portage/distfiles via NFS on the server and mount it on all other boxes... That is a good way to do it. I was going to before but I had http thing set up already. If you think about it and