Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 11:08:05 -0800 From: Nicole Harrington <nicole@mediacity.com> To: "Bryan K. Ogawa" <bkogawa@primenet.com>, dg@root.com Cc: nicole@mediacity.com, sharding@ophelia.uoregon.edu, Studded <Studded@dal.net>, The experts <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Mirror Mirror crashing down - GOT IT! Message-ID: <Chameleon.891025804.nmh@geekgirl> References: <199803271015.CAA02751@implode.root.com>
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Hi All
Thanks so much for your help.. I found the trouble
GOOD:
remote_dir =/pub/FreeBSD
BAD:
remote_dir = /pub/FreeBSD
It seems that it is very picky on spaces...
Nicole
> >In localhost.freebsd.questions you write:
> >
> >[...]
> >
> >># Mirror.default
> >
> >>verbose = true
> >>make_bad_symlinks = true
> >>package = FreeBSD
> >>site = ftp.freebsd.org
> >
> >>local_dir = /usr/local/etc/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/
> >>remote_dir = pub/FreeBSD
> >
> >Hm. /pub/FreeBSD on wcarchive is a symlink. I don't know much about
> >mirror -- does it do OK with symlinks as initial targets?
> >
> >If not, then one of these may work.
> >
> >remote_dir = /.25/FreeBSD
> >or
> >remote_dir = .25/FreeBSD
> >
> >>do_deletes = true
> >>store_remote_listing = /usr/local/etc/ftp/pub/nicole
> >>get_newer = true
>
> You definately want to use the /pub/FreeBSD symlink and not the absolute
> path - we move things around regularly and the mirror would break if we did.
> I think the problem is that the local directory doesn't exist on their
> machine; make sure it exists before running the mirror.
>
> -DG
>
> David Greenman
> Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
>
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