On Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 07:31:26PM -0400, Gonzalo Diethelm wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I saw on the Web a discussion about forcing mirror
> to follow the symlinks and actually download the
> files they point to (especially useful if you want
> to, for example, mirror debian/unstable). Alas, I
> can't get it to work. My package file looks like this:
[snip]
I wrestled with this for a while before settling on a simple
method. What I ended up with is this:
#### /etc/mirror/packages/potato ####
package=PotatoMain
#
comment=Debian Potato Main
#
site=ftp.mi.us.debian.org
remote_dir=/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-i386
remote_user=anonymous
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flags_recursive=-lRatL
local_dir=/usr/local/ftp/pub/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-i386
mail_to=root
disconnect=true
#
compress_patt=Packages(-Master)?
#
max_delete_files=100%
do_deletes=true
package=PotatoContrib
#
comment=Debian Potato Contrib
#
site=ftp.mi.us.debian.org
remote_dir=/debian/dists/potato/contrib/binary-i386
remote_user=anonymous
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flags_recursive=-lRatL
local_dir=/usr/local/ftp/pub/debian/dists/potato/contrib/binary-i386
mail_to=root
disconnect=true
#
compress_patt=Packages(-Master)?
#
max_delete_files=100%
do_deletes=true
package=PotatoNonFree
#
comment=Debian Potato Non-Free
#
site=ftp.mi.us.debian.org
remote_dir=/debian/dists/potato/non-free/binary-i386
remote_user=anonymous
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flags_recursive=-lRatL
local_dir=/usr/local/ftp/pub/debian/dists/potato/non-free/binary-i386
mail_to=root
disconnect=true
#
compress_patt=Packages(-Master)?
#
max_delete_files=100%
do_deletes=true
This in effect makes 3 runs at the binary-i386 level and results in
all symlinks getting flattened right out. Also eliminates the need
for most (all?) of the exclude_patt specs.
It works fine, but I don't know what kind of additional load I'm
causing on the mirror site by not using the ls-lR.gz file.
Mike
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