Trying to be "kinder and gentler" to the Gentoo mirrors, I set up my "hot backup machine" to "emerge --rsync" from my main machine. I followed the instructions in http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Local_Rsync_Mirror#Official_Gentoo_Linux_rsync_Mirrors_Policy_and_Guide
main machine is "d530" 192.168.123.250 hot backup is "d531" 192.168.123.251 So I - emerge --synce on my main machine (d530) - ssh into d531 - su to root - run "emerge --sync" The client machine (d531) sees the following error 3 times and gives up... ============================================================ >>> Starting retry 3 of 3 with rsync://192.168.123.250 >>> Checking server timestamp ... @ERROR: Unknown module 'metadata' rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at main.c(1386) [receiver=2.6.9] >>> Exceeded PORTAGE_RSYNC_RETRIES: 3 ============================================================ The host machine says the following in /var/log/messages The "connect" and "unknown module" messages are repeated 3 times ============================================================ Jul 4 20:43:01 d530 rsyncd[21988]: rsyncd version 3.0.2 starting, listening on port 873 Jul 4 20:46:13 d530 rsyncd[22028]: connect from d531.waltdnes.org (192.168.123.251) Jul 4 20:46:13 d530 rsyncd[22028]: unknown module 'metadata' tried from d531.waltdnes.org (192.168.123.251) ============================================================ I'm running 32-bit i686 on an Intel Core2 duo on a pair of Dell d530 desktops. -- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
