[CentOS] creating a local repo

>rsync'ing ain't working for me. Is this the right syntax?
>
>rsync -avrt rsync://mirror.ovh.net/centos/5.4/updates/i386
>--exclude=debug/ updates/
>
>rsync: getaddrinfo: mirror.ovh.net 873: Temporary failure in name resolution
                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Your dns isn't working for you:)

But,
 rsync rsync://mirror.ovh.net
ftp.apache.org
CPAN
ftp.kernel.org
ftp.mysql.com
ftp.postfix.org
ftp.qmail.org
ftp.xfree86.org
gentoo-distfiles
gentoo-portage
debian
debian-non-US
ubuntu
ftp.centos.org
download.fedora.redhat.com
opensuse
ftp.slackware.com

Your path is wrong anyway...

rsync -avrt --exclude=debug/ rsync://mirror.ovh.net/ftp.centos.org/5/updates/ updates/