I am using the directions on the New Mirror page, as we are looking to 
eventually opening the mirror to the public. Symlinks are intact in the 
different directories linking to pool, so that isn't an issue. 

Thanks,

Tom 

-----Original Message-----
From: arch-general-boun...@archlinux.org 
[mailto:arch-general-boun...@archlinux.org] On Behalf Of C Anthony Risinger
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 4:46 AM
To: General Discussion about Arch Linux
Subject: Re: [arch-general] HTTP Custom Mirror on Install

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Jesse Juhani Jaara <jesse.ja...@gmail.com> 
wrote:
> ti, 2011-03-08 kello 18:39 -0500, Thomas Misilo kirjoitti:
>
>> Good Evening,
>>
>> I was trying to use a custom mirror during an install today, it is only a 
>> HTTP server currently. Is this a problem, does it need to be ftp? As the 
>> mirror does work with pacman after install.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Tom
>
> There are no limitations on the protocol used, as long as the program 
> used for the downloading supports it.
> By default atleas ftp, http and local repositories are supported.

and btw ... if your talking about a full blown local mirror (where you sync 
packages daily or whatever), _DON'T_ follow the relevant article in the wiki -- 
 that script breaks symlinks to the pool directory (shared packages across 
architecture) and you will end up downloading nearly 2x what you should (almost 
~45GB IIRC for just the main
repos!!) because `*.any.tar.xz` packages, and possibly others, will be 
duplicated.

i found this out the hard way by not testing well enough before initiating the 
first sync.  i was able to write a script and repair it, but a word of caution 
at least.  i've been meaning to update the wiki with my own scriptfoo that 
actually works pretty nice but i forgot about it until, well, just now :-)

C Anthony

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