Re: are redhat updates rsyncable

[Goswin Brederlow]

>>>>> " " == Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

     > Of those listed I want `SRPMS' `updates' and `powertools'

     > So just trying to see what is under updates: rsync
     > rsync://ftp.wtfo.com/rh70/updates/ WTFO Mirror FTP Site
        
     >          Please report any problems immediately to
     > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
        
     >  link_stat /updates/. : Too many levels of symbolic links
     > client: nothing to do: perhaps you need to specify some
     > filenames or the --recursive option?

Looks like the symlink points to itself, so the ftp/rsync server has
broken data. Nothing much you can do here except mail the admin.

mkdir -p rh70/updates
rsync -ar ftp.wtfo.com::rh70/updates/ rh70/updates

That should do. Same for the other dirs.

MfG
        Goswin