On Mon, 2004-01-26 at 04:15, �var Arnfj�r� Bjarmason wrote: > Mike Frysinger wrote: > > On Saturday 24 January 2004 19:16, �var Arnfj�r� Bjarmason wrote: > > > >>This seems to be hardcoded at the moment, could a variable be added to > >>make.conf, perhaps > >> > >>SYNC_COMPRESSION="yes/no" to control this behavior > > > > > > i would say no ... i dont know of any reason why you would want to do that and > > it would increase the load on our rsync servers ... > > -mike > > Some mirrors (mine) specifically ask people not to use -z, gentoo users doing > so piss of the mirror admins which means gentoo wont be mirrored. >
Could you elaborate on why you ask users not to use -z? Is the load on your hardware too great when using -z? If that is the case then disable compression on the server like is done with rsync1.us.gentoo.org (see http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/rsync.xml) > I think thats a valid reson, > Perhaps there could even be a SYNC_OPTIONS="" line where people could specify > all options in case they need other uses. > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Troy Dack Gentoo moves pretty fast; if you don't stop and [EMAIL PROTECTED] look around once in a while, you could miss out. Public Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x4D90BE3C Key fingerprint = 1F3D 6C15 16AA 09D5 0C96 92E5 FD89 16F9 4D90 BE3C
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