[gentoo-user] Re: what is "a normal rsync"?

[Grant Edwards <grante@visi.com>]

On 2008-03-12, Shawn Haggett <podge@podgeweb.com> wrote:
> Grant Edwards wrote:
>>
>> I'm behind a firewall that doesn't allow rsync connections, so
>> I did a emege-webrsync.  It appears to have downloaded and
>> installed a current snapshot and updated the portage cache:

>>    *** Completed websync, please now perform a normal rsync if possible.
>>        Update is current as of the of YYYYMMDD: 20080310

>> What is meant by "perform a normal rsync"?

> I assume it would mean the normal "emerge --sync" if you can, which you 
> can't. I would assume it would say this since the rsync would be more up 
> to date then the webrsync snapshot....

OK, but why would one have done a webrsync in the first place
unless doing an "emerge --sync" wasn't possible?

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