On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 5:19 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Trying to be "kinder and gentler" to the Gentoo mirrors, I set up my > "hot backup machine" to "emerge --rsync" from my main machine. I > followed the instructions in > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Local_Rsync_Mirror#Official_Gentoo_Linux_rsync_Mirrors_Policy_and_Guide > > main machine is "d530" 192.168.123.250 > hot backup is "d531" 192.168.123.251 > > So I > - emerge --synce on my main machine (d530) > - ssh into d531 > - su to root > - run "emerge --sync" > > The client machine (d531) sees the following error 3 times and gives up... > > ============================================================ >>>> Starting retry 3 of 3 with rsync://192.168.123.250 >>>> Checking server timestamp ... > @ERROR: Unknown module 'metadata' > rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at main.c(1386) > [receiver=2.6.9] >>>> Exceeded PORTAGE_RSYNC_RETRIES: 3 > ============================================================
It seems you have rsync://<yourhost>/ instead of rsync://<yourhost>/gentoo-portage/ on your make.conf Also, check /etc/rsync.conf on your server to ensure that gentoo-portage module listed there. -- Vladimir Rusinov Voronezh, Russia UNIX Admin @ Murano Software -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
