[arch-dev-public] Syncing single repo with abs

[Travis Willard]

On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org> wrote:
> Travis Willard wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 5:33 AM, Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> So looking at abs I noticed it at some stage had the ability to sync
>>> single
>>> repos:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> abs --help
>>>>
>>>
>>> Arch Build System 2.1 -- synchronization utility
>>> usage: /usr/bin/abs [options] [repository1 [repository2 ...]]
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>> If no argument is given, abs will synchronize the repositories specified
>>> in
>>> /etc/abs.conf.
>>>
>>>
>>> But this no longer works...  I'm guessing this came about with the switch
>>> to
>>> rsync.  Given it has been a while since the switch to rsync, I'm
>>> concluding
>>> that nobody actually uses this and will remove it rather than fix it.
>>>  Any
>>> objections?
>>>
>>
>> Um, actually, that feature came about WITH the switch to rsync.  How
>> doesn't it work?
>>
>>
>
> Well, "abs core" syncs every repo, including the ones I have disabled in
> /etc/abs.conf.  It is because repos are disabled from being synced, not
> enabled.  Am I doing something wrong?

Doesn't sound like you're doing anything wrong.  :/  In any case, I
don't think stripping that feature out is the proper way to go - it
shoud be fixed if it's broken, not removed.