Mick wrote: > I have noticed this phenomenon which I am not sure I can explain very > satisfactorily. Just after midnight (GMT) any attempt to resync proves > futile: > ========================================================== > # eix-sync > * Running emerge --sync > >>>> Starting rsync with rsync://88.156.78.16/gentoo-portage... >>>> rsync error: received SIGUSR1 (code 19) at main.c(1286) [receiver=3.0.4] >>>> <snip> >>>> Starting retry 1 of 3 with rsync://137.226.34.228/gentoo-portage >>>> >>>> > Checking server timestamp ...Welcome to rsync.informatik.rwth-aachen.de > (137.226.34.228). > <snip> > An hour or so later resync'ing happens without any problem. Why is this? > When it works the second time, is it the same server? rsync.gentoo.org and rsync.$CONTINENT.gentoo.org are just cnames pointing to servers so you could be getting different hosts via dns round robin. This is evidenced by the two different ips in your post.
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