On 12:26 Sun 19 Sep , Matthew Gyurgyik wrote: > On 09/19/2010 11:45 AM, Steve Holmes wrote: >> On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 10:46:13PM -0400, Matthew Gyurgyik wrote: >>> There is nothing preventing you from creating a local mirror. If you >>> can't figure out how to create a local mirror using the resource >>> available, you probably shouldn't be using arch. >> Now, there's a supportive answer if I ever heard one. That's the way >> to get more people interested in using arch. >> >> Most distros like to build up their presence and increase the numbers >> and usage. Obviously if everyone goes out there and attempts to build >> local mirrors and all, that would put a big drain on the arch package >> update process. I don't think many people are doubting that and maybe >> it should be discouraged however. But the withholding of technical >> knowledge with such arrogance is in poor taste if you ask me. Like >> others have been saying all along now, the original information was >> pulled and no technical explanation was ever offered for why it was >> wrong. >> >> Now because of all this "secrecy" (in appearance), I've increased my >> curiosity and may look into building a local mirror just so I know how >> to do it. Had the thing on the wiki site been corrected, I would have >> probably just read it and kept it in the back of my mind for a day >> when I would really need to do it. > As I posted on the forum... How hard is it to run rsync and look at the > man page for rsync? rsync is the *only* command that is needed to create > a local mirror. > > We want to discourage this behavior as much as possible and it is really > quite trivial to setup a mirror. > > Setup a local mirror > 1. rsync to local dir (look at the developer's wiki for mirrors and the > proper rysnc arguments) > 2. Set up webserver to serve local dir (if on a lan) > 3. Set local mirror url in mirrorlist > 4. Alternatively use Server = file:///mnt/media/mirror/$repo/os/x86_64 > in pacman.conf or mirrorlist > > That is all that has to be done. > > If one is going to be creating a local mirror, he/she should really have > this basic knowledge. One problem... how many servers with ENABLED rsync do you know? Where is list of them? Example? Of course. You cannot sync from archlinux.org. --
