Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-02-14 Thread Brian May
> "Goswin" == Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Goswin> zsync uses the algorithm described in the rsync technical paper Goswin> afaik. Does rsync have a patent issue? Do we realy care about some Goswin> stupid countries patents? My understanding is that rsync doesn'

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-02-14 Thread Robert Lemmen
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 11:05:56AM +1100, Brian May wrote: > zsync looks suspiciously like it might have similar patent issues > which killed the rproxy project. > > Then again I am no expert; Please tell me I am wrong... i'm not an expert either, but the zsync maintainer and i talked to a lot of

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-02-13 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> "Goswin" == Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Goswin> zsync has the option of looking into gziped files and > Goswin> rsync them as if they would be ungziped (while still just > Goswin> downloading chunks of the gziped fil

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-02-13 Thread Brian May
> "Goswin" == Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Goswin> zsync has the option of looking into gziped files and Goswin> rsync them as if they would be ungziped (while still just Goswin> downloading chunks of the gziped file). Its a bit more Goswin> complex algorith

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-02-12 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sat, 12 Feb 2005, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Filippo Giunchedi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 11:59:20PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > >> > Why there isn't there already a rsync method for apt is probably a > >> > mystery nobody ever will solve. > >> > >> It i

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-02-12 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Filippo Giunchedi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 11:59:20PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> > Why there isn't there already a rsync method for apt is probably a >> > mystery nobody ever will solve. >> >> It is not wanted due to rsync causing excessive server load. >>

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-02-12 Thread Filippo Giunchedi
On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 11:59:20PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > Why there isn't there already a rsync method for apt is probably a > > mystery nobody ever will solve. > > It is not wanted due to rsync causing excessive server load. > > If Debian would provide zsync files a zsync module

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-02-03 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Otto Wyss) writes: > Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Otto Wyss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> reply (that is what I get roughly) to the server would waste 75 hours >> on waiting for the initial three-way handshake for a connect. And >> another 50 hours f

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-02-03 Thread Otto Wyss
Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Otto Wyss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > reply (that is what I get roughly) to the server would waste 75 hours > on waiting for the initial three-way handshake for a connect. And > another 50 hours for the round-robin sending the name of a file a

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-02-03 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Otto Wyss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> >> > Why there isn't there already a rsync method for apt is probably a >> > mystery nobody ever will solve. >> >> It is not wanted due to rsync causing excessive server load. >> > That is simply not true. This statement is

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-02-03 Thread Otto Wyss
Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > > Why there isn't there already a rsync method for apt is probably a > > mystery nobody ever will solve. > > It is not wanted due to rsync causing excessive server load. > That is simply not true. This statement is repeated all the time but nobody ever was able to

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-02-02 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Otto Wyss) writes: > Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Otto Wyss) writes: >> >> > Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> >> > Sure? Anyway DpartialMirror "http://dpartialmirror.sourceforge.net/"; >> >> > can. >> >> > >> > I

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-01-31 Thread Otto Wyss
Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Otto Wyss) writes: > > > Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > Sure? Anyway DpartialMirror "http://dpartialmirror.sourceforge.net/"; > >> > can. > >> > > > I guess mirrorer doesn't care for bandwith saving a

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-01-31 Thread Andreas Barth
* Goswin von Brederlow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050131 19:35]: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Otto Wyss) writes: > > I guess mirrorer doesn't care for bandwith saving as DpartialMirror, > > correct me if I'm wrong. > Currently it will always redownload the Packages/Sources files as gzip > on every update to fix

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-01-31 Thread Vincent Danjean
Cajus Pollmeier wrote: Here's the result of some testing: debpool:is fine for new pools, but recreating the whole mirror with .deb and .udeb packages didn't work and I'm not the perl guy who's capable of fixing it. dak:too complicated for fire and forget mirrorer:not

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-01-31 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Otto Wyss) writes: > Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > Sure? Anyway DpartialMirror "http://dpartialmirror.sourceforge.net/"; >> > can. >> > >> A note of caution: >> >> | 2004-04-03 (wyo) Since Debian does not change its policy to add >> | adequate support f

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-01-31 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Cajus Pollmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Am 30.01.2005 um 16:01 schrieb Thiemo Seufer: > >> Cajus Pollmeier wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm looking for a script that regenerates Packages* and Release >>> files for a complete mirror. Due to some installer development, I >>> currently need to switch

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-01-31 Thread Otto Wyss
Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sure? Anyway DpartialMirror "http://dpartialmirror.sourceforge.net/"; > > can. > > > A note of caution: > > | 2004-04-03 (wyo) Since Debian does not change its policy to add > | adequate support for rsync'ing package mirrors, I don't actively >

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-01-31 Thread Joel Aelwyn
On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 05:27:11PM +0100, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > > Am 30.01.2005 um 16:29 schrieb Marc Haber: > > >On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 14:54:16 +0100, Cajus Pollmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >wrote: > >>I'm looking for a script that regenerates Packages* and Release > >>files for a complete mirro

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-01-31 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
Am 30.01.2005 um 16:01 schrieb Thiemo Seufer: Cajus Pollmeier wrote: Hi, I'm looking for a script that regenerates Packages* and Release files for a complete mirror. Due to some installer development, I currently need to switch the mirrors during installation in order to get up to date packages. Tr

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-01-31 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Otto Wyss) writes: > Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Debmirror is purely a mirror tool. It will download the Meta files >> just like any other file. >> >> You can easily switch between mirror of equal contents but not create >> Packages files reflecting wha

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-01-30 Thread Otto Wyss
Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Debmirror is purely a mirror tool. It will download the Meta files > just like any other file. > > You can easily switch between mirror of equal contents but not create > Packages files reflecting what is locally available. > Sure? Anyway Dpartia

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-01-30 Thread Nico Golde
Hello Goswin, * Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-01-30 21:23]: > Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > * Cajus Pollmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-01-30 15:26]: > >> I'm looking for a script that regenerates Packages* and Release > >> files for a complete mirror. Due to some ins

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-01-30 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello Cajus, > > * Cajus Pollmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-01-30 15:26]: >> I'm looking for a script that regenerates Packages* and Release >> files for a complete mirror. Due to some installer development, I >> currently need to switch the mirrors during

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-01-30 Thread Otto Wyss
> Tried to work around this with a simple script that merges my > packages into the local mirror and regenerates everything as > needed. But sadly this doesn't seem to be perfect :-( The installer > just doesn't want to get some of these packages, even if the md5's > are correct. Switching from htt

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-01-30 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Marc Haber [Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:31:15 +0100]: > example debpool, but afaik the code managing the "real" Debian archive > is not yet published. uh? cvs.d.o/dak has been there for a long time (not today, though ;-). there are even debian packages in NEW and [1]. [1] http://ganneff.de/dak

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-01-30 Thread Nico Golde
Hello Cajus, * Cajus Pollmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-01-30 15:26]: > I'm looking for a script that regenerates Packages* and Release > files for a complete mirror. Due to some installer development, I > currently need to switch the mirrors during installation in order to > get up to date packa

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-01-30 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
Am 30.01.2005 um 16:29 schrieb Marc Haber: On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 14:54:16 +0100, Cajus Pollmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm looking for a script that regenerates Packages* and Release files for a complete mirror. Due to some installer development, I currently need to switch the mirrors during ins

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-01-30 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
Am 30.01.2005 um 15:44 schrieb Aurelien Labrosse: Cajus Pollmeier a écrit : Hi, I'm looking for a script that regenerates Packages* and Release files for a complete mirror. Due to some installer development, I currently need to switch the mirrors during installation in order to get up to date packa

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-01-30 Thread Aurelien Labrosse
Cajus Pollmeier a écrit : Hi, I'm looking for a script that regenerates Packages* and Release files for a complete mirror. Due to some installer development, I currently need to switch the mirrors during installation in order to get up to date packages. Tried to work around this with a simple scrip

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-01-30 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Cajus Pollmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I'm looking for a script that regenerates Packages* and Release > files for a complete mirror. Due to some installer development, I > currently need to switch the mirrors during installation in order to > get up to date packages. > > Tried to w

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-01-30 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 14:54:16 +0100, Cajus Pollmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm looking for a script that regenerates Packages* and Release >files for a complete mirror. Due to some installer development, I >currently need to switch the mirrors during installation in order to >get up to date pa

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-01-30 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 15:44:57 +0100, Aurelien Labrosse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you use 'dpkg-scanpackages' ? It rebuild Packages file for >directories that contains..pakages. dpkg-scanpackages is deprecated. The low-level tool up to the task is apt-ftparchive. There is a number of hi

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-01-30 Thread Thiemo Seufer
Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking for a script that regenerates Packages* and Release > files for a complete mirror. Due to some installer development, I > currently need to switch the mirrors during installation in order to > get up to date packages. > > Tried to work around this with

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-01-30 Thread Aurelien Labrosse
Cajus Pollmeier a écrit : Hi, I'm looking for a script that regenerates Packages* and Release files for a complete mirror. Due to some installer development, I currently need to switch the mirrors during installation in order to get up to date packages. Tried to work around this with a simple scrip