On Tuesday 29 July 2003 09:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > definitely via rsync. mandrakeusers.org already has an update and cooker > mirror up and running and updates are done via rysnc.
huh. actually i was wondering about rsync. generally, for updates, i would think that rsync wouldn't help that much. the compressed transfer would help, but that would probably be about it (unless we're doing something like downloading an ISO and the new ISO has the new updated packages). the reason rsync wouldn't matter so much here (IMO) is that new packages have new names. rsync won't know that kernel-2.4.21.0.13mdk-1-1mdk.rpm is supposed to be mostly the same as kernel-2.4.24.0.19mdk-1-1mdk.rpm (made up that version number, likely there's no such kernel). so basically, with updates, you're going to be downloading whole files. wget already has -c (continue) support. so the incremental "changes only" feature that rsync gives you won't matter much. but if i'm mistaken there, i'd like to know so i'll work harder looking for an rsync mirror :). > if you want to ask questions for specifics, ask anon (one of the site > admins) as he is the one doing the mirroring bit. you can sign up on the > board and send him a private message (sorry i forgot his email address, but > he is always on the board so you should get a quick reply). thanks. i did a little googling and after some experiment, i find that: rsync -rLav ftp.uninett.no::Mandrake/Mandrake . downloads something :). it's downloading very slowly though (bandwidth management on my side), and it's getting 9.0 packages for now. it'll get to the 9.1 packages by tonight though, probably. and by tomorrow i'll know if this is a viable way to mirror updates. i'll still go to mandrakeusers though. there are some other things i want to mirror like the plf RPM and maybe cooker. i'll test rsync with other mirrors too, and settle on the nearest/fastest one. thanks again. tiger -- Gerald Timothy Quimpo gquimpo*hotmail.com tiger*sni*ph http://bopolissimus.sni.ph an xcdngl nntrstng jrnl Public Key: "gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 672F4C78" Very few profundities can be expressed in less than 80 characters. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
