From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KF0CD-0001j2-D2 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:20:29 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D147DE0077; Sat, 5 Jul 2008 05:20:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.225]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE007E0077 for ; Sat, 5 Jul 2008 05:20:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i28so628929wxd.10 for ; Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:20:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.80.6 with SMTP id d6mr3119788wxb.53.1215235227084; Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:20:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.17.17 with HTTP; Fri, 4 Jul 2008 22:20:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 09:20:26 +0400 From: "Vladimir Rusinov" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] rsync problem with local rsync server In-Reply-To: <20080705011938.GA22049@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080705011938.GA22049@waltdnes.org> X-Archives-Salt: 1767e662-8c4d-4958-8b12-19a24e2aec39 X-Archives-Hash: c5da54fb1ff2452394efda95be74f165 On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 5:19 AM, wrote: > Trying to be "kinder and gentler" to the Gentoo mirrors, I set up my > "hot backup machine" to "emerge --rsync" from my main machine. I > followed the instructions in > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Local_Rsync_Mirror#Official_Gentoo_Linux_rsync_Mirrors_Policy_and_Guide > > main machine is "d530" 192.168.123.250 > hot backup is "d531" 192.168.123.251 > > So I > - emerge --synce on my main machine (d530) > - ssh into d531 > - su to root > - run "emerge --sync" > > The client machine (d531) sees the following error 3 times and gives up... > > ============================================================ >>>> Starting retry 3 of 3 with rsync://192.168.123.250 >>>> Checking server timestamp ... > @ERROR: Unknown module 'metadata' > rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at main.c(1386) [receiver=2.6.9] >>>> Exceeded PORTAGE_RSYNC_RETRIES: 3 > ============================================================ It seems you have rsync:/// instead of rsync:///gentoo-portage/ on your make.conf Also, check /etc/rsync.conf on your server to ensure that gentoo-portage module listed there. -- Vladimir Rusinov Voronezh, Russia UNIX Admin @ Murano Software -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list