On Thursday 09 April 2009 17:53:03 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 enforce it from the CentOS mirrors by checking the rsync version > and/or options provided to the server. Is something like this feasible ? See https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-mirrors-announce/2006-August/000002.html for how 'the other half lives.' Different files; still good advice. -- Lamar Owen Chief Information Officer Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute 1 PARI Drive Rosman, NC 28772 http://www.pari.edu