[WBEL-users] problem with rsync script

[Michiel van Es]

Benjamin J. Weiss wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Michiel van Es wrote:
> 
> 
>>Benjamin J. Weiss wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Anth Courtney wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hello Michiel,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Is there a problem with ncsu?
>>>>
>>>>It appears that the whitebox/3.0/en/updates folder doesn't exist on
>>>>ncsu anymore.
>>>>
>>>>Connecting via ftp and doing a list of the whitebox/3.0/en directory
>>>>confirms this:
>>>>
>>>>ftp> ls
>>>>227 Entering Passive Mode (152,1,138,20,38,51)
>>>>150 Here comes the directory listing.
>>>>drwxr-xr-x    3 0        0            4096 Nov 16 11:10 extras
>>>>drwxr-xr-x    4 0        0            4096 Nov 16 11:10 iso
>>>>drwxr-xr-x    2 0        0           36864 Oct 11 02:24 obsolete-updates
>>>>drwxr-xr-x    4 0        0            4096 Nov 16 11:10 os
>>>>
>>>>If you run your rsync script and specify os instead of updates, then
>>>>it runs without error.
>>>
>>>
>>>Do CentOS or Taos or whatever have these problems?
>>
>>I don't know..as far as I can see it only a rsync problem 'cause NCSU is 
>>the only host delivering rsync updates.
>>I changed my scripts to wget/ftp..and ftp.belnet.be as update host..
>>No problemo :)
> 
> 
> So how do you reconcile the files that have changed with those that 
> haven't?  Or are you just deleting the whole directory and grabbing it 
> again?  The thing I like about rsync is that I'm only grabbing the changed 
> files.

I just trust that the uploaded updated rpm files won't change.
I use the -nc option..so only the files I'm missing are being transfered.

> 
> The thing that's starting to bug me about whitebox is that it's not 
> community-based.  The library folks actively do *not* want anybody else's 
> help in ensuring that updates are timely.  There's only one rsync server.  
> etc.
> 
> I did a quick look (*very* quick) at CentOS's website just now, and they 
> have several rsync mirrors available.  I'll have to look into their update 
> procedures, etc tonight.
> 
> I guess the real problem is that whitebox has at least two 
> "single-point-of-failure" areas.  One guy (John Morris) who's doing the 
> updates and hasn't got the time to keep up with them, and one rsync 
> mirror.  I'm concerned that there may be more.

I completely agree with you.
There is so much need for extra rsync servers and more up2date maintainers..

> 
> Yes, yes, I know, there's other distros out there.  I'm gonna look at them 
> tonight.  I just thought that this was the one, damnit.

I do not want to change a bunch of server again to another distro..:(

> 
> Ben

Michiel