On Aug 17, 2013, at 0:06, Jan Alexander Steffens <jan.steffens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Server-side, the developer stages several packages and then triggers a > db-update. > > A new database is built and the old database file is replaced. What happens if that occurs during an rsync? Or is that prevented from happening? Similarly, what if a client updates from a mirror while the database file is being replaced by rsync? Thanks, Johannes.