On Wednesday 24 December 2008, Eric Martin wrote: > 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.
I am getting different hosts every time I try of course, but no matter how many times I try immediately after midnight it will always fail in the same manner. -- Regards, Mick
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