Grokbase › Groups › CentOS › centos-devel › January 2012
FAQ
Hi list

I'm mirroring some centos trees for my site.
I've seen that currently the (for example) 6 directory links to the 6.2
directory.

How about reversing that: let 6 always contain the latest and let 6.2
(latest) link to the 6 (base)?

There is at least the advantage (for me) that I only have to rsync a
single tree (base). Also I think it's much clearer :-)
--
Ferry Huberts

Search Discussions

  • Ljubomir Ljubojevic at Jan 5, 2012 at 11:19 am ⇧

    On 01/05/2012 03:07 PM, Ferry Huberts wrote:
    Hi list

    I'm mirroring some centos trees for my site.
    I've seen that currently the (for example) 6 directory links to the 6.2
    directory.

    How about reversing that: let 6 always contain the latest and let 6.2
    (latest) link to the 6 (base)?
    It is much easier to populate 6.x and then just change symlink. In your
    suggestion, they would have to move all files from 6 to 6.x, then
    populate 6 with new files. during that last period, we would not be able
    to use yum.
    There is at least the advantage (for me) that I only have to rsync a
    single tree (base). Also I think it's much clearer :-)
    I only sync 6 , not 6.x. There is no need if you anly want latest. 6
    anyway points to latest 6.x, I do not see what your problem can bee.

    Actually, I use mrepo and ISO files for base repo, and rsync only
    updates, and other repo's.


    --

    Ljubomir Ljubojevic
    (Love is in the Air)
    PL Computers
    Serbia, Europe

    Google is the Mother, Google is the Father, and traceroute is your
    trusty Spiderman...
    StarOS, Mikrotik and CentOS/RHEL/Linux consultant
  • Ferry Huberts at Jan 5, 2012 at 11:54 am ⇧

    On 05-01-12 17:19, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
    On 01/05/2012 03:07 PM, Ferry Huberts wrote:
    Hi list

    I'm mirroring some centos trees for my site.
    I've seen that currently the (for example) 6 directory links to the 6.2
    directory.

    How about reversing that: let 6 always contain the latest and let 6.2
    (latest) link to the 6 (base)?
    It is much easier to populate 6.x and then just change symlink. In your
    suggestion, they would have to move all files from 6 to 6.x, then
    populate 6 with new files. during that last period, we would not be able
    to use yum.
    There is at least the advantage (for me) that I only have to rsync a
    single tree (base). Also I think it's much clearer :-)
    I only sync 6 , not 6.x. There is no need if you anly want latest. 6
    anyway points to latest 6.x, I do not see what your problem can bee.
    After reading this and checking the rsync man page again, I rediscovered
    the -L option. After trying that it seems to work great for me.

    Thanks for the hint :-)
    Actually, I use mrepo and ISO files for base repo, and rsync only
    updates, and other repo's.
    --
    Ferry Huberts
  • Karanbir Singh at Jan 5, 2012 at 11:58 am ⇧

    On 01/05/2012 02:07 PM, Ferry Huberts wrote:
    There is at least the advantage (for me) that I only have to rsync a
    single tree (base). Also I think it's much clearer :-)
    As a matter of interest - what sort of a use case do you have wherein
    the updates/ repo is not needed ?


    --
    Karanbir Singh
    +44-207-0999389 | http://www.karan.org/ | twitter.com/kbsingh
    ICQ: 2522219 | Yahoo IM: z00dax | Gtalk: z00dax
    GnuPG Key : http://www.karan.org/publickey.asc
  • Ferry Huberts at Jan 5, 2012 at 12:08 pm ⇧

    On 05-01-12 17:58, Karanbir Singh wrote:
    On 01/05/2012 02:07 PM, Ferry Huberts wrote:
    There is at least the advantage (for me) that I only have to rsync a
    single tree (base). Also I think it's much clearer :-)
    As a matter of interest - what sort of a use case do you have wherein
    the updates/ repo is not needed ?
    see my other mail, Ljubomir gave me a nice hint :-)
    --
    Ferry Huberts

Related Discussions

Discussion Navigation
viewthread | post
Discussion Overview
groupcentos-devel @
categoriescentos
postedJan 5, '12 at 9:07a
activeJan 5, '12 at 12:08p
posts5
users3
websitecentos.org
irc#centos

3 users in discussion

Ferry Huberts: 3 posts Ljubomir Ljubojevic: 1 post Karanbir Singh: 1 post

Content

People

Support

Translate

site design / logo © 2023 Grokbase