On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 11:53:03PM +0200, Dag Wieers wrote: > Hi, > > I today have a problem as well with metadata being newer than what is > available on disk. I wonder whether we should require from mirrors to use > rsync with --delay-updates as problems with repository metadata was > exactly why we got this feature added to rsync a couple of years ago. we could gently ask them, require might be a little strong (imho) > We could enforce it from the CentOS mirrors by checking the rsync version > and/or options provided to the server. Is something like this feasible ? one would need to have all the mirrors with >= c5, unless you also provide the needed version on rpmforge for c3 and c4. > > ---- > [root at moria ~]# apt-get update; apt-get upgrade ... > Get:5 http://centos.mirrors.skynet.be centos/5/updates/x86_64/ NetworkManager-glib 1:0.7.0-4.el5_3 [83.4kB] > Err http://centos.mirrors.skynet.be centos/5/updates/x86_64/ xulrunner 1.9.0.7-3.el5 > 404 Not Found > Err http://centos.mirrors.skynet.be centos/5/updates/x86_64/ xulrunner.32bit 1.9.0.7-3.el5 > 404 Not Found > Get:6 http://centos.mirrors.skynet.be centos/5/updates/x86_64/ firefox 3.0.7-1.el5.centos [12.5MB] > Get:7 http://centos.mirrors.skynet.be centos/5/updates/x86_64/ firefox.32bit 3.0.7-1.el5.centos [12.5MB] > Err http://centos.mirrors.skynet.be centos/5/updates/x86_64/ ntp 4.2.2p1-9.el5.centos.1 > 404 Not Found > Get:8 http://centos.mirrors.skynet.be centos/5/updates/x86_64/ xen-libs 3.0.3-80.el5_3.2 [145kB] > Get:9 http://centos.mirrors.skynet.be centos/5/updates/x86_64/ xen 3.0.3-80.el5_3.2 [1845kB] > Get:10 http://centos.mirrors.skynet.be centos/5/updates/x86_64/ xen-libs.32bit 3.0.3-80.el5_3.2 [148kB] > Fetched 29.8MB in 24s (1209kB/s) > Failed to fetch http://centos.mirrors.skynet.be/pub//centos/5/updates/x86_64/RPMS/xulrunner-1.9.0.7-3.el5.x86_64.rpm 404 Not Found > Failed to fetch http://centos.mirrors.skynet.be/pub//centos/5/updates/x86_64/RPMS/xulrunner-1.9.0.7-3.el5.i386.rpm 404Not Found > Failed to fetch http://centos.mirrors.skynet.be/pub//centos/5/updates/x86_64/RPMS/ntp-4.2.2p1-9.el5.centos.1.x86_64.rpm 404 Not Found > E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing? shouldn't apt-get do as yum and try another mirror? mirmon as currently setup has noticed that skynet.be is not uptodate :( but one can not parse all the centos tree.. Cheers, Tru -- Tru Huynh (mirrors, CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/attachments/20090410/43526bbe/attachment-0007.sig>