Re: debian.novare.net and mirrors
In your email to me, Steve Dunham, you wrote:
>
> David Engel wrote:
> >
> > Many thanks to everyone involved in moving things from
> > master.debian.org to debian.novare.net.
> >
> > However, not surprisingly all of the file times in the ftp archive to
> > have changed in the move. This could cause havoc for mirrors by making
> > them re-transfer everything.
>
> People running mirrors, who have an account on debian.novare.net, might
> want to consider using "rsync" to update their trees before running
> mirror again. It should be able to match up the file dates with a
> minimal amount of net traffic.
>
> (It uses a rather nifty protocol that does the equivalent of "diff"
> while minimizing network traffic.)
'mirror -T' will sync the dates. Then run your regular mirror.
The mirror on llug.sep.bnl.gov should be up to date within the hour.
Tim
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