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Re: Rsync Mirrors Have Disappeared from Cygwin Mirrors Page


Christopher Faylor wrote:
On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 02:52:39PM -0800, L Anderson wrote:
L Anderson wrote:
For many years I have used rsync to mirror cygwin/release from various
rsync mirrors listed on Cygwin's mirror page. Over time, the number of
rsync mirrors listed has slowly gotten smaller until, alas, now there
are no more listed.

Does this mean:
There are no longer sites willing to offer rsync?
rsync has become deprecated?
There's a problem with whatever generates the mirror list?
I can no longer use rsync to maintain my own local mirror?
??

Any information/clarification on this would be greatly appreciated.

Hey! Some rsync mirrors are back on the list--now you see them, now you don't, now you do---just how does all this work?

It is explained on the very page that you are referencing.



I presume that you mean the following explanation (emphasis lost):


"Note: This is a list of sites who have indicated that they are
 acting as mirrors of the full cygwin FTP area. We automatically
 poll this list on a regular basis to determine if these sites are
 currently up-to-date. The list of sites below reflects all of the
 sites who appear to have currently mirrored the cygwin release area."

I saw the note but it begs the question of what "automatically"
actually means/does.   This together with 1) seeing an entry like:

'Utah: mirrors.xmission.com(ftp), mirrors.xmission.com(http)'

(no rsync) but 'rsync://mirrors.xmission.com/cygwin/' still works
and 2) seeing the (rsync) portion of a mirror site disappear while
the (ftp) and (http) portion remains, viz-a-viz:
 'Palo Alto: mirrors.kernel.org(ftp), mirrors.kernel.org(http),
  mirrors.kernel.org(rsync)' vs
  'Palo Alto: mirrors.kernel.org(ftp), mirrors.kernel.org(http)'
led me to ask my questions.

To just suggest I reread the above 'Note' etc., neither answers my
question nor is very helpful, but thanks for playing.

Regards,

Lowell

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