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 > ---------------End of Original Message----------------- |\ __ /| (`\ | o_o |__ ) ) // \\ Nicole Harrington | Systems Administrator -------------------(((---(((----------------------- nicole@mediacity.com - nicole@ispchannel.com www.mediacity.com - www.ispchannel.com Phone: 650-237-1464 - Pager: 415-301-2482 Powered By Coca-Cola and FreeBSD Why do doctors call what they do practice? Microsoft: What bug would you like today? ---------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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