[gentoo-user] Re: rsync internal mirror configuration

[James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com>]

Dave Nebinger <dnebinger <at> joat.com> writes:


> > > and last run this daily on the server to keep it current?
> > > emerge -uDva world && repcacheman

> I forgot to mention that if your primary system is using the http replicator
> then it shouldn't be necessary to run repcacheman after each emerge.
> Repcacheman will a) ensure that packages retrieved via ftp are available
> from the cache and b) remove packages from the cache that are too old.  This
> can easily be run as a monthly task if you primarily retrieve packages via
> http and not ftp.



Dave,

Your last 2 emails have given me much to think about. Give me some time to
finish the implementation, and digest all you have written.

I guess I have to run emerge sync and emerge -uD world on each client still,
but they use the http replicator instead of gentoo servers.... for both
updating the portage/rsync files and downloading the distfiles (via the http
replicator)?

That's OK, I like keeping it manual for now.
But I can rsync and 'emerge update' as many systems per day as I like now.

On the server, the emerge sync is automated via the /etc/crontab entry:
30 1 * * * root emerge sync  2<&1

I still have to run 'emerge -uD world' on the server/workstation
manually each day?


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