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Re: update anonftpsync



On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:19:24 -0500, Justin wrote in message 
<[🔎] 20080228191924.GA21334@cetus>:

> On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 07:43:13PM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> > On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:46:11 +0100, Josip wrote in message 
> > <[🔎] 20080226134611.GA25476@keid.carnet.hr>:
> > 
> > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 11:01:34AM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> > > 
> > > > --delay-updates --delete-after
> > > > I don't know if either of these are strictly necessary.  AFAICT
> > > > think the 2nd rsync invocation can just use --del.
> > > 
> > > --delay-updates helps the atomicity of updates, see the manual.
> I was thinking it was an solution for a nonextant problem.  I think I
> was wrong though, since the Release and Packages files are supposed to
> be in sync, which AIUI can never be pefectly solved but just
> minimized. I don't know if there are any relationships besides
> "Packages depends on debs" and "Release depends on Packages", though.
> 
> > > --delete-after is necessary so that it doesn't first delete files
> > > and then bring in new ones.
> --del does that, but per file.
> 
> > ..one argument in favor of --del alias --delete-during, AFAIUI, 
> > is --delete-after is quite hard on mirror disk space.  
> > 
> > ..will --del toss away each old .deb etc immediately _after_ 
> > each new one .deb is in, or immediately _before_?

..here I meant whether --del alias --delete-during does e.g. 
main/q/qgis/
main/q/qgis/libqgis1-dev_0.8.1-2+b1_ia64.deb
deleting main/q/qgis/libqgis1-dev_0.8.1-1+b1_ia64.deb
main/q/qgis/libqgis1_0.8.1-2+b1_ia64.deb
deleting main/q/qgis/libqgis1_0.8.1-1+b1_ia64.deb
main/q/qgis/qgis-plugin-grass_0.8.1-2+b1_ia64.deb
deleting main/q/qgis/qgis-plugin-grass_0.8.1-1+b1_ia64.deb
main/q/qgis/qgis_0.8.1-2+b1_ia64.deb
deleting main/q/qgis/qgis_0.8.1-2+b1_ia64.deb ...

...or: 
main/q/qgis/
deleting main/q/qgis/libqgis1-dev_0.8.1-1+b1_ia64.deb
main/q/qgis/libqgis1-dev_0.8.1-2+b1_ia64.deb
deleting main/q/qgis/libqgis1_0.8.1-1+b1_ia64.deb
main/q/qgis/libqgis1_0.8.1-2+b1_ia64.deb
deleting main/q/qgis/qgis-plugin-grass_0.8.1-1+b1_ia64.deb
main/q/qgis/qgis-plugin-grass_0.8.1-2+b1_ia64.deb
deleting main/q/qgis/qgis_0.8.1-2+b1_ia64.deb
main/q/qgis/qgis_0.8.1-2+b1_ia64.deb  or some such.

..but I see now it does neither, it's more batch-wise:
http://80.239.32.253/debian.mirror.w.delete-during


> I think that's asking the wrong question.  The content for a a given
> .deb filename is never changed (that's Debian archive convention).  It
> can just be removed.  The 2 pass rsync makes sure that all the new
> debs (referenced by the new Packages file) are in place before
> sending the new Package file itself (to avoid referencing not-yet
> sent files).  The 2nd rsync (sending everything but the
> already-sent .debs) with --del will remove the .debs that don't exist
> on the sending side, which are (supposed to be) guaranteed to be no
> longer referenced by the Packages files.

..how is then --del different from --delete-after when updating 
a Debian mirror, other than that one big ass batch at the end?

-- 
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o)
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
  Scenarios always come in sets of three: 
  best case, worst case, and just in case.


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