[CentOS-mirror] Local mirror question

[Karanbir Singh]

Vijay Avarachen wrote:
> Stephen,
>         Actually I didn't have to do any of that...it was matter of 
> simply changing the rsync root. Here is my script:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> EXCLUSION="/etc/rsync-exclude.list"
> RSYNC_HOST="rsync.planetmirror.com <http://rsync.planetmirror.com>"
> RSYNC_ROOT="centos/4.2/"
> DESTINATION="/home/ftp/pub/Linux/CentOS/4.2/"
> /usr/bin/rsync -aqzH --exclude-from=$EXCLUSION --delete 
> $RSYNC_HOST::$RSYNC_ROOT $DESTINATION
> /bin/chown -R vijay.avarachen:spduslisadmins $DESTINATION

The point that Stephen was trying to make is : with your rsync_root set 
to centos/4.2/ - when the next update is released, you will end up with 
a blank mirror.

by setting it to centos/4/ you stay with the most recently released pkgs.


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