In the immortal words of Chris Frey: > If you are worried about getting a valid portage tree, you can always > use the emerge-webrsync command, and verify with the GPG signature. > > I don't know if the latest portage supports it, but I use an old modified > script to perform the grunt work. I've attached it in case you're > interested, if it doesn't come through on the list, let me know and I can > send directly.
Thanks, it came through. I read the script; it looks handy. How often does the snapshot get updated on most of the mirrors? > - Chris > > On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 01:47:27AM -0800, Ed Epstein wrote: > > Okay, recently I had my computer broken into remotely and I've been > > spending the last two weeks rebuilding all of the computers in the house. > > I'm still extremely paranoid, so anytime something weird happens on my > > desktop, I get freaked out. > > > > Just now I tried to emerge sync, for the first time in several days. I > > noticed that in the "hardware" line where it usually has a small line > > about the hardware of the server I'm sync'ing with, there was no > > information (just a comma) and this freaked me out because I usually see > > the hardware info, so I hit ctrl-c and now I'm double checking that the > > IP and domain name of the server in the rsync rotation makes sense, and a > > preliminary investigation indicates that it doesn't make sense, at least > > to me. > > > > The server it synced to was raptor.gentoo.org, and the stated IP address > > was 128.193.0.161. However, as far as I can tell, that IP address is in > > fact hillary.x.osuosl.org, and raptor.gentoo.org is 140.211.166.165. > > > > Now, I know that there is a rotation going on so maybe both of those > > machines are rsync mirrors and it's just the database that needs to be > > updated or something, but I'm really paranoid about my system's security > > right now so I am checking out every little thing that goes wrong or that > > seems weird as best as I can. > > > > I'm using the default RSYNC variable in make.globals, > > rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage > > > > So is this discrepancy between domain name and IP address something to be > > concerned about, or am I a bit touchy right now? > > > > --Ed -- "It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this." --Bertrand Russell. "Let us endeavour to live our lives so that when we die even the undertaker will be sorry." --Mark Twain "There is no cure for birth and death other than to enjoy the interval." --George Santayana -- [email protected] mailing list
