2 Feb
2010
2 Feb
'10
9:41 p.m.
- download new packages - update db - delete old packages
from http://www.debian.org/mirror/ftpmirror#how ... * MUST perform a 2-stage sync ... Rationale: if archive mirroring is done in a single stage, there will be periods of time during which the index files will reference files not yet mirrored.
I must be missing something.. isn't --delete-after good enough?
you are missing the fact that it will download the database file before it downloads the package files. So if I "-Syu" at that time pacman will want to upgrade packages that are not on the mirror. Which is why mirrors must sync the database AFTER syncing the packages. -- damjan