Sorry state of the rsync based CVS,replication

[Eberhard Moenkeberg]

Hi,

On Wed, 27 Oct 2010, Patrick Bihan-Faou wrote:
> Le 27/10/2010 17:39, Eberhard Moenkeberg a écrit :
>> On Wed, 27 Oct 2010, Kevin Day wrote:
>>> On Oct 27, 2010, at 7:45 AM, Patrick Bihan-Faou wrote:

> [...]
>>>> The main issue (besides the removal of ftp13.freebsd.org) is that most 
>>>> rsync sources refuse to replicate the content of the .Attic directories 
>>>> in the CVS tree. This means that performing a check-out on ports using a 
>>>> tag usually won't work as some files will not be there anymore.
>>>> 
>>>> Here are the typical logs I get using most rsync servers:
>>>> 
>>>> rsync: opendir 
>>>> "/3/freebsd-core/development/FreeBSD-CVS/ports/chinese/pcmanx/files/Attic" 
>>>> (in vol) failed: Permission denied (13)
>>>> 
>>>> At this moment the only rsync server that provides an adequate 
>>>> replication of the CVS repository is ftp2.tw.FreeBSD.org.
>>>> 
>>> I run ftp3.us.freebsd.org / ftpmirror.your.org that has full rsync support 
>>> of everything we have on our FTP mirror as well:
>>> 
>>> # rsync -rav 
>>> ftp3.us.freebsd.org::FreeBSD-CVS/ncvs/ports/chinese/pcmanx/files/Attic .
>>> receiving incremental file list
>>> Attic/
>>> Attic/patch-po-zh_TW.po,v
> [...]
>
>> I guess the "permission denied" happens at the receiver's local directory.

> Hi you are right, ftp3.us.freebsd.org does work properly. However it is not 
> listed in the http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/mirrors-rsync.html web 
> page.
>
> Also the other mirrors that are mentionned there do have the problem with 
> "Attic" directories.
>
> It seems that something needs to be fixed on the other rsync mirrors and that 
> the actual list of mirros should be updated.
>
> Thanks for the ftp3.us.freebsd.org link. This is greatly appreciated.
>
> To answer Eberhard's remark, I don't think that the problem is at the local 
> end as there is no issue with Attic files with some of the rsync servers.

Have a look at the top of the mentioned path name: "/3/freebsd-core/".


Viele Gruesse
Eberhard Moenkeberg (emoenke at gwdg.de, em at kki.org)

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