[arch-general] 'Local mirror' page was removed from wiki

[Fess]

On 12:26 Sun 19 Sep , Matthew Gyurgyik wrote:
>  On 09/19/2010 11:45 AM, Steve Holmes wrote:
>> On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 10:46:13PM -0400, Matthew Gyurgyik wrote:
>>> There is nothing preventing you from creating a local mirror. If you
>>> can't figure out how to create a local mirror using the resource
>>> available, you probably shouldn't be using arch.
>> Now, there's a supportive answer if I ever heard one.  That's the way
>> to get more people interested in using arch.
>>
>> Most distros like to build up their presence and increase the numbers
>> and usage.  Obviously if everyone goes out there and attempts to build
>> local mirrors and all, that would put a big drain on the arch package
>> update process.  I don't think many people are doubting that and maybe
>> it should be discouraged however.  But the withholding of technical
>> knowledge with such arrogance is in poor taste if you ask me.  Like
>> others have been saying all along now, the original information was
>> pulled and no technical explanation was ever offered for why it was
>> wrong.
>>
>> Now because of all this "secrecy" (in appearance), I've increased my
>> curiosity and may look into building a local mirror just so I know how
>> to do it.  Had the thing on the wiki site been corrected, I would have
>> probably just read it and kept it in the back of my mind for a day
>> when I would really need to do it.
> As I posted on the forum... How hard is it to run rsync and look at the  
> man page for rsync? rsync is the *only* command that is needed to create  
> a local mirror.
>
> We want to discourage this behavior as much as possible and it is really  
> quite trivial to setup a mirror.
>
> Setup a local mirror
> 1. rsync to local dir (look at the developer's wiki for mirrors and the  
> proper rysnc arguments)
> 2. Set up webserver to serve local dir (if on a lan)
> 3. Set local mirror url in mirrorlist
> 4. Alternatively use Server = file:///mnt/media/mirror/$repo/os/x86_64  
> in pacman.conf or mirrorlist
>
> That is all that has to be done.
>
> If one is going to be creating a local mirror, he/she should really have  
> this basic knowledge.


One problem... how many servers with ENABLED rsync do you know?
Where is list of them? 
Example? Of course. You cannot sync from archlinux.org. 
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