[arch-general] Syncing the mirrors

[Hannes Rist]

Ionut Biru wrote:
> On 02/02/2010 07:53 PM, Damjan Georgievski wrote:
>>>> There's also the problem that some mirrors (most of the ones I've
>>>> tried) sync the package database before syncing all the packages.
>>>
>>> Actually, syncing the db last is not going to improve things: if some
>>> packages get deleted, they won't be found when updating against the
>>> old db.
>>
>> - download new packages
>> - update db
>> - delete old packages
>>
> 
> now tell us how do this order with rsync.

the debian mirror scripts have such a staged setup with 2 rsync runs, 
might wanna have a look at them mirror.debian.org somewhere here.
http://www.debian.org/mirror/ftpmirror 'how to mirror' it's explained there.

regards,
Hannes

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