On Tuesday 05 June 2001 02:24 pm, Arnd Bergmann pointed out:
> On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, michael wrote:
> > > If you use plain ftp, all the dates are correct.
> > >
> > > Rsync, however, also seems to get some dates wrong, so you might
> > > want to use the --size-only option to get a faster sync when
> > > the mirror is complete again.
> > >
> > > Right now (20:00 GMT), it is still waiting for
> > > gdb-5.0-13mdk.src.rpm and has not yet started the binary RPMs
> > > AFAICS.
> > >
> > > Arnd <><
> >
> > I am using straight ftp (ie a script running from cmd line) on my
> > cooker updating and I have all (remaining) rpm files reporting
> > Monday June 5 2000. Which means I will have to update every file
> > when/ if there is an actual update. Using metered broadband this
> > can add up. Should I use a different server? Currently
> > sunsite.uio.no.
>
> It seems I was wrong, the dates are only correct for SRPMS but not
> for i586 and it seems to be spreading across the other mirrors.
>
> What you can do to set the correct dates is
>
> cd /mnt/hd/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/ # or wherever
> wget
> ftp://sunsite.uio.no/pub/Linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RP
>MS/ -nr cat .listing | while read a b c d e f g h ; do
> touch -d "$e $f $g" $h
> done
>
> That should update the time stamps without forcing you to download
> all the files again. There may be easier ways to do it, but this
> worked for me.
>
> Arnd <><
Thank you, Arnd! Hmm, maybe micro$oft cracks back- I mean nobody on our
side would pull a nasty little prank like this.....
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