Rsync Mirrors Have Disappeared from Cygwin Mirrors Page

Rsync Mirrors Have Disappeared from Cygwin Mirrors Page

[L Anderson]

For many years I have used rsync to mirror cygwin/release from various 
rsync mirrors listed on Cygwin's mirror page.  Over time, the number of 
rsync mirrors listed has slowly gotten smaller until, alas, now there 
are no more listed.

Does this mean:
	There are no longer sites willing to offer rsync?
	rsync has become deprecated?
	There's a problem with whatever generates the mirror list?
	I can no longer use rsync to maintain my own local mirror?
	??

Any information/clarification on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Lowell Anderson


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Re: Rsync Mirrors Have Disappeared from Cygwin Mirrors Page

[L Anderson]

L Anderson wrote:
> For many years I have used rsync to mirror cygwin/release from various
> rsync mirrors listed on Cygwin's mirror page. Over time, the number of
> rsync mirrors listed has slowly gotten smaller until, alas, now there
> are no more listed.
>
> Does this mean:
> There are no longer sites willing to offer rsync?
> rsync has become deprecated?
> There's a problem with whatever generates the mirror list?
> I can no longer use rsync to maintain my own local mirror?
> ??
>
> Any information/clarification on this would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lowell Anderson
>

Hey! Some rsync mirrors are back on the list--now you see them, now you 
don't, now you do---just how does all this work?

LA


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Re: Rsync Mirrors Have Disappeared from Cygwin Mirrors Page

[Tim McDaniel]

On Tue, 6 Dec 2011, L Anderson wrote:
> Hey! Some rsync mirrors are back on the list--now you see them, now
> you don't, now you do---just how does all this work?

They do it with mirrors.



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Re: Rsync Mirrors Have Disappeared from Cygwin Mirrors Page

[Christopher Faylor]

On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 02:52:39PM -0800, L Anderson wrote:
>L Anderson wrote:
>> For many years I have used rsync to mirror cygwin/release from various
>> rsync mirrors listed on Cygwin's mirror page. Over time, the number of
>> rsync mirrors listed has slowly gotten smaller until, alas, now there
>> are no more listed.
>>
>> Does this mean:
>> There are no longer sites willing to offer rsync?
>> rsync has become deprecated?
>> There's a problem with whatever generates the mirror list?
>> I can no longer use rsync to maintain my own local mirror?
>> ??
>>
>> Any information/clarification on this would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Hey! Some rsync mirrors are back on the list--now you see them, now you 
>don't, now you do---just how does all this work?

It is explained on the very page that you are referencing.

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Re: Rsync Mirrors Have Disappeared from Cygwin Mirrors Page

[L Anderson]

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 02:52:39PM -0800, L Anderson wrote:
>> L Anderson wrote:
>>> For many years I have used rsync to mirror cygwin/release from various
>>> rsync mirrors listed on Cygwin's mirror page. Over time, the number of
>>> rsync mirrors listed has slowly gotten smaller until, alas, now there
>>> are no more listed.
>>>
>>> Does this mean:
>>> There are no longer sites willing to offer rsync?
>>> rsync has become deprecated?
>>> There's a problem with whatever generates the mirror list?
>>> I can no longer use rsync to maintain my own local mirror?
>>> ??
>>>
>>> Any information/clarification on this would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Hey! Some rsync mirrors are back on the list--now you see them, now you
>> don't, now you do---just how does all this work?
>
> It is explained on the very page that you are referencing.
>

I presume that you mean the following explanation (emphasis lost):

"Note: This is a list of sites who have indicated that they are
  acting as mirrors of the full cygwin FTP area. We automatically
  poll this list on a regular basis to determine if these sites are
  currently up-to-date. The list of sites below reflects all of the
  sites who appear to have currently mirrored the cygwin release area."

I saw the note but it begs the question of what "automatically"
actually means/does.   This together with 1) seeing an entry like:

   'Utah: mirrors.xmission.com(ftp), mirrors.xmission.com(http)'

(no rsync) but 'rsync://mirrors.xmission.com/cygwin/' still works
and 2) seeing the (rsync) portion of a mirror site disappear while
the (ftp) and (http) portion remains, viz-a-viz:
  'Palo Alto: mirrors.kernel.org(ftp), mirrors.kernel.org(http),
   mirrors.kernel.org(rsync)' vs
   'Palo Alto: mirrors.kernel.org(ftp), mirrors.kernel.org(http)'
led me to ask my questions.

To just suggest I reread the above 'Note' etc., neither answers my
question nor is very helpful, but thanks for playing.

Regards,

Lowell

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