On 1/6/06, Karanbir Singh < mail-lists@karan.org> wrote:

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.

--
Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219@icq
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