Messages in this thread | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: kernel.bkbits.net off the air | Date | 11 Nov 2003 11:43:04 -0800 |
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Followup to: <200311111438.47868.andrew@walrond.org> By author: Andrew Walrond <andrew@walrond.org> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > My preferred solution is a single sequence file as described by Adreas: > > Assuming sequence starts at 0, > > To modify the repository, +1 to sequence file contents, modify repo, +1 to > sequence > > To get a coherent copy, > do > seq1 = read(sequence file) > rsync repo > seq2 = read(sequence file) > until seq1==seq2 and !(seq1&1) >
OK... this still doesn't deal with how to get mirrors to pick stuff up with a minimum of fuss. The "minimum of fuss" bit is *extremely* important... I still haven't managed to get all mirrors to use rsync.
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