Are you going to make this mirror available to the rest of the world also? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bopolissimus Platypus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 12:20 PM Subject: Re: [plug] Re: Mandrake local mirror -- how
> 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 > > -- 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
