Re: kernel.org mirror[oops]
:-> "Chris" == Chris Brown <CBROWN@seitz.com> writes:
> Hello everyone,
> Sorry about that last message, I had a little glitch with my
> computer. Anyway, my question has to do with mirroring. We are
> using slink's fmirror package to mirror "ftp.us.kernel.org". We
> realize that ftp.us.kernel.org often fowards ftp requests to other
> servers. Our problem is that these other servers have different
> file times, and sometimes even completely different
> directory trees. Every time we run the fmirror script it says it
> needs to redownload about 600 megs of stuff we already have. It
> sometimes even deletes directories that we want, even though we have
> the "nodel: 1" option set in the config file. Should we chose one of
> the ftp sites that ftp.us.kernel.org fowards to and stick with that?
> If so, which one is best? Is there a bug in fmirror that causes it
> to delete directories even though the nodel option is set?
the us mirrors are told to have some problems now, which are being
addressed. If you intend to frequently mirror the entire kernel.org
site, you'd better use rsync and maybe become yourself part of the
official mirror sites. More about this on the mailing list
mirrors@linux.kernel.org
Pf
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