Re: ..rsync: opendir "/.~tmp~" (in debian) failed: Permission denied (13) ???
(Please keep sending the mail to the list only, always better to share
information, and it is nicer for my mail filters :)
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 12:29:33AM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:59:27 +0100, Simon wrote in message
> <20090124155927.GL11409@dedibox.ebzao.info>:
>
> > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:19:04PM -0200, Carlos Carvalho wrote:
> > > Arnt Karlsen (arnt@c2i.net) wrote on 24 January 2009 00:36:
> > > >..what's the deal with these "/.~tmp~"
> > > >in /debian/.|dist|doc|indices???
> >
> > .~tmp~ directories are used by rsync --delay-updates option, and
> > obviously the content is not readable, because there files are not
> > intended to be exposed since they are temporarly used in order to
> > improve "sync atomicity".
> >
> > > >rsync: opendir "/dists/etch-proposed-updates/main/source/.~tmp~"
> > > >(in debian) failed: Permission denied (13)
> > > [removed]
> > > >..yes, the old script, no public site yet, working nice all
> > > >the way until now.
> > >
> > > Yes, that's exactly the answer :-) The official script doesn't have
> > > this problem. And it's even explained in the comments...
> >
> > As Carlos says, the old and deprecated anonftpsync is fixed for that
> > for a long time (by excluding these directories).
>
> ..good, thanks, it should work as a stop gap. :o)
The last versions of anonftpsync *does work*, you use an old version of
an old script :) (fixed in 1.25 two years ago, today cvs version is 1.43)
> > Anyway, as advertised on debian-mirrors-announce, ftpsync scripts et
> > is the recommended way to perform Debian mirroring now :
> > http://lists.debian.org/debian-mirrors-announce/2008/11/msg00001.html
>
> ..to plug the stop gap, can the new script set, use the same
> settings to keep my mirror structure as my old anonftpsync?
The mirror structure is the same.
> Things to look out for, so I don't wind up with my /home
> chock full and /var/www/debian untouched like a virgin?
The link and the README contained in the ftpsync archive/git :)
Most important variables are TO, MIRRORNAME, RSYNC_HOST, RSYNC_PATH,
ARCH_EXCLUDE.
--
Simon Paillard
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