When the RPMS2 is a symlink - can it still be downloaded with Rsync? I use Rsync -auvP --delete as my options but I don't get symlinked directories (just the link and not the files)
Any tips? Anyone? Thank god I copied the RPMS2 directory to a notebook recently to test a HD install of Cooker - so I still have a copy of the RPMS2 directory. Cheers, Robert Fox On Thu, 2001-11-29 at 20:02, Peter Ruskin wrote: > On Thursday 29 Nov 2001 10:08, Robert Fox wrote: > > sunsite.uio.no and ftp.sunet.se are extremely inconsistent and > > unreliable. > > > > They recently changed the location on sunsite.uio.no from Mandrake-new > > to Mandrake-devel (again) and NOW . . . They have eliminated the RPMS2 > > directory and set up a symlink (which means those of us that use the > > --delete option on Rsync get FUCKED and lose the RPMS2 directory. > > This happened recently to lots of us connected to sunet.se. I understand > that uninett (sunsite.uio.no) have been asked to make RPMS2 a symlink so > that they have the same setup as ftp.sunet.se. When this is done your > problem should not reoccur. > > This probably doesn't make you feel any better - you've just lost your > contrib. I know how that feels. I was angry when I lost mine. I was > also angry that I had two lots - contrib and RPMS2. I think the RPMS2 > symlink is a better solution so I'm happy that uninett is adopting it. > > The really frustrating thing about all this is that it happens without > any warning, let alone consultation - the mirror sites behaving like > loose cannons. > > > > Not only are these two sites unpredictable and annoying - they claim to > > be the PRIMARY Mandrake sites . . . > > > > If I were Mandrake - I would not tolerate this inconsistency and try to > > find more reliable PRIMARY sites or services . . . this reflects poorly > > on Mandrake!!!! > > > > Sorry for the rant, but I just got my RPMS2 directory blown away > > locally because they have moved it again on the sunsite.uio.no > > > > This is inexcusable! > > -- > Peter Ruskin, Wrexham, Wales. > Registered Linux User No. 219434 ( see http://counter.li.org/ ). > Mandrake Linux release 8.1 (Vitamin) for i586 > Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk-pnr-win4lin, XFree86 4.1.0, patch level 21mdk. > KDE: 2.2.2. Qt: 2.3.2. Uptime 1 day 20 hours 29 minutes. > ------------------------------------------------------------------ >
