[ale] rsync incantation (gentoo)

[Keith Hopkins]

Jeff Hubbs wrote:

>What's the right way to use rsync so I can make a local mirror that 
>holds not just the portage tree but all that is Gentoo - .isos, portage 
>snapshots, stage tarballs?
>
>"rsync -avr distro.ibiblio.org::distros/gentoo/ /var/gentoo_rsync/", 
>lifted right out of that server's MOTD example, fails saying "@ERROR: 
>Unknown module 'distros'".
>
>"rsync -avz rsync://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/ 
>gentoo_rsync" merely yields "@ERROR: Unknown module 'pub'", which 
>indicates to me that it's not wanting a path but some kind of "module."
>
>  
>

Hi Jeff,

  First way to resolve this is to check and see what rsync paths are 
really available on the server:

> keithh at apollo:~> rsync distro.ibiblio.org::
>
>   Welcome to distro.ibiblio.org's rsync server!
>
>   You may mirror any of our distributions by using the "distros"
>   module.  Simply append the name of the distribution you would
>   like to use.  For example:
>
>   rsync -avr distro.ibiblio.org::distros/bluelinux/ /local/path/
>
>   If you will, please subscribe to our mirror announcement list:
>   http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ibiblio-mirrors
>
>   If you have problems or questions,
>   feel free to mail ftpkeeper at ibiblio.org
>
>   Thanks!
>
> arklinux        ArkLinux
> conectiva       Conectiva Linux
> debian          Debian Linux
> elx             Elx Linux
> fedora          Fedora Linux
> fedora-linux-core       Fedora Linux Core
> fedora-linux-updates    Fedora Linux Core Updates
> fedora-linux-development        Fedora Linux Core Development
> gentoo          Gentoo Linux
> mandrake        Mandrake Linux
> mandriva        Mandriva Linux
> mdkmirrors      Mandrake Mirrors
> redhat          Redhat Linux
> rpath           rpath Linux
> slackware       Slackware Linux
> slack390        Slackware Linux for Mainframe Systems
> sorcerer        Sorcerer Linux
> stormbringer    Stormbringer Linux
> suse            Suse Linux
> texstar         Texstar
> trinux          Trinux
> vectorlinux     Vectorlinux
> winlinux        WinLinux
> yellowdog       Yellowdog Linux
> keithh at apollo:~>

The above text describing to put the distro name after the word distros 
seems to be a Big Fat Lie(tm).

This seems to what you need for Gentoo.

>
> keithh at apollo:~> rsync distro.ibiblio.org::gentoo/
> [BFL snipped]
>
> drwxr-xr-x        4096 2005/12/24 01:26:37 .
> drwxr-xr-x      937984 2006/01/11 20:02:47 distfiles
> drwxr-xr-x        4096 2004/09/03 00:47:53 grp
> drwxr-xr-x        4096 2005/06/18 03:06:10 releases
> drwxr-xr-x        4096 2006/01/11 13:02:17 snapshots
> keithh at apollo:~>

Shorten your original command a bit

"rsync -avr distro.ibiblio.org::gentoo/ /var/gentoo_rsync/"

and it will pull everything Gentoo.  You probably don't want that in reality, as it is a large fileset.  I'm guessing you want either one of the releases or the distfiles.

  Run "rsync distro.ibiblio.org::gentoo/releases/" and "rsync distro.ibiblio.org::gentoo/distfiles/" to preview what you are getting.

--
Downunder, and a little to the left
  Keith