Re: [Cooker] cooker/Mandrake/RPMS2 = contrib/RPMS ??
Peter Ruskin wrote: > > On Friday 27 July 2001 05:23, Ron Stodden wrote: > > Mandrake cannot put any soft or hard links into any of their download > > trees because people starting off usually have to use a Windows > > downloader which knows nothing of any linking concept. > > Errhrrmmm. What about mandrake-devel/cooker/cooker -> i586? Yes, I discovered this a few days ago. It has to be a bad anomoly and should be removed. You should try the conventional mandrake tree download call: rsync rsync://ftp.uninett.no:873/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/ This traverses no symlinks. -- Ron. [au]
Re: [Cooker] cooker/Mandrake/RPMS2 = contrib/RPMS ??
On Friday 27 July 2001 05:23, Ron Stodden wrote: > Alexander Skwar wrote: > > So sprach »Ron Stodden« am 2001-07-26 um 22:36:41 +1000 : > > > This no doubt is to specify the division into two CDs of each > > > install tree, with RPMS2 being the second CD. > > > > Wrong. Having a look at ftp.proxad.net will show you that RPMS2 in > > fact is a link to the contrip RPMS directory. Just like I posted :) > > Mandrake cannot put any soft or hard links into any of their download > trees because people starting off usually have to use a Windows > downloader which knows nothing of any linking concept. Errhrrmmm. What about mandrake-devel/cooker/cooker -> i586? -- Peter Ruskin, Wrexham, Wales. Registered Linux User No. 219434 ( see http://counter.li.org/ ). Linux Mandrake release 8.0 (Traktopel) for i586, kernel 2.4.3-20mdk-win4lin-pnr, XFree86 4.0.3, patch level 11mdk, KDE: 2.1.2, Qt: 2.3.1. Uptime 1 hour 51 minutes
Re: [Cooker] cooker/Mandrake/RPMS2 = contrib/RPMS ??
Alexander Skwar wrote: > In how far can a symlink be "critical"? And why is RPMS.cooker -> > RPMS non-critical? > > I don't understand... > > Alexander Skwar > I believe that he is saying because there's an actual directory there as well. RPMS->real directory RPMS.cooker->symlink Even ncftp and lftp can't follow symlinks properly, so I would not be surprised at all if Windows programs weren't even aware of them. -- Sincerely, David Walluck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: [Cooker] cooker/Mandrake/RPMS2 = contrib/RPMS ??
So sprach »Ron Stodden« am 2001-07-27 um 22:41:53 +1000 : > The few symlinks that are there (except the one in the subject) are > not used or critical to anyone wanting to download any of the trees > or iso images. In how far can a symlink be "critical"? And why is RPMS.cooker -> RPMS non-critical? I don't understand... Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso-top.de iso-top.de - Die günstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu kommen Uptime: 4 days 14 hours 51 minutes
Re: [Cooker] cooker/Mandrake/RPMS2 = contrib/RPMS ??
Alexander Skwar wrote: > > So sprach »Ron Stodden« am 2001-07-27 um 14:23:39 +1000 : > > Mandrake cannot put any soft or hard links into any of their download > > trees because people starting off usually have to use a Windows > > downloader which knows nothing of any linking concept. > > Sorry? In Cooker, there always was (and is) Mandrake/RPMS.cooker which > is a symlink to RPMS (ie. Mandrake/RPMS). Such things break Mandrakesoft's own rules. decided here some years ago. You cannot use symlinks on mirrors. It assumes too much. The mirror itself may not be a Linux box. The few symlinks that are there (except the one in the subject) are not used or critical to anyone wanting to download any of the trees or iso images. -- Ron. [au] Kindly note my new web site: http://www.ains.net.au/~ronst/
Re: [Cooker] cooker/Mandrake/RPMS2 = contrib/RPMS ??
So sprach »Ron Stodden« am 2001-07-27 um 14:23:39 +1000 : > Mandrake cannot put any soft or hard links into any of their download > trees because people starting off usually have to use a Windows > downloader which knows nothing of any linking concept. Sorry? In Cooker, there always was (and is) Mandrake/RPMS.cooker which is a symlink to RPMS (ie. Mandrake/RPMS). Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso-top.de iso-top.de - Die günstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu kommen Uptime: 4 days 7 hours 26 minutes
Re: [Cooker] cooker/Mandrake/RPMS2 = contrib/RPMS ??
Alexander Skwar wrote: > > So sprach »Ron Stodden« am 2001-07-26 um 22:36:41 +1000 : > > This no doubt is to specify the division into two CDs of each install > > tree, with RPMS2 being the second CD. > > Wrong. Having a look at ftp.proxad.net will show you that RPMS2 in fact > is a link to the contrip RPMS directory. Just like I posted :) Mandrake cannot put any soft or hard links into any of their download trees because people starting off usually have to use a Windows downloader which knows nothing of any linking concept. -- Ron. [au] Kindly note my new web site: http://www.ains.net.au/~ronst/
Re: [Cooker] cooker/Mandrake/RPMS2 = contrib/RPMS ??
So sprach »Warly« am 2001-07-26 um 12:28:15 +0200 : > I have set the link on hour primary mirror, but may need to be changed given What's the primary mirror? > your specific mirror. Moreover if you mirror tool remirror everything, you'd > better check that links are preserved not to have this happening. Like it is on sunsite.uio.no :( Seems like ftp.proxad.net is the only (?) one that's behaving correctly. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso-top.de iso-top.de - Die günstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu kommen Uptime: 3 days 17 hours 21 minutes
Re: [Cooker] cooker/Mandrake/RPMS2 = contrib/RPMS ??
So sprach »Ron Stodden« am 2001-07-26 um 19:32:02 +1000 : > Takacs Sandor wrote: > > > > I have a little mirror of Cooker and contrib from sunsite.uio.no. I find a > > new dir RPMS2 in Cooker. It is a full copy of contribs. Why? > > This is definitely not so as of 60 seconds ago. This is for sure so as of right now and some days ago. ncftp ...x/linux/Mandrake-devel > dir cooker/i586/Mandrake/ drwxr-xr-x 2 7382 usit 4096 Jul 26 15:23 base drwxr-xr-x 5 7382 usit 36 Jul 19 17:22 mdkinst drwxr-xr-x 2 7382 usit98304 Jul 26 15:21 RPMS drwxrwxr-x 2 7382 usit49152 Jul 26 15:11 RPMS2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 7382 usit4 Mai 29 13:49 RPMS.cooker -> RPMS drwxr-xr-x 4 7382 usit 45 Apr 10 12:36 share > What mirroring tool did you use? With what parameters? Question is - what do you use that you don't have it? Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso-top.de iso-top.de - Die günstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu kommen Uptime: 3 days 17 hours 19 minutes
Re: [Cooker] cooker/Mandrake/RPMS2 = contrib/RPMS ??
So sprach »Ron Stodden« am 2001-07-26 um 22:36:41 +1000 : > This no doubt is to specify the division into two CDs of each install > tree, with RPMS2 being the second CD. Wrong. Having a look at ftp.proxad.net will show you that RPMS2 in fact is a link to the contrip RPMS directory. Just like I posted :) Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso-top.de iso-top.de - Die günstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu kommen Uptime: 3 days 17 hours 20 minutes
Re: [Cooker] cooker/Mandrake/RPMS2 = contrib/RPMS ??
Takacs Sandor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello! > > I have a little mirror of Cooker and contrib from sunsite.uio.no. I find a > new dir RPMS2 in Cooker. It is a full copy of contribs. Why? These are link for the install that now handle contrib. There is however a problem because mirrors put contribs at different place or level. I have set the link on hour primary mirror, but may need to be changed given your specific mirror. Moreover if you mirror tool remirror everything, you'd better check that links are preserved not to have this happening. -- Warly
Re: [Cooker] cooker/Mandrake/RPMS2 = contrib/RPMS ??
Look in ftp://ftp.uio.no/linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/ You will find that it is the case -- Salane King ICQ# 306324
Re: [Cooker] cooker/Mandrake/RPMS2 = contrib/RPMS ??
Takacs Sandor wrote: > > I have a little mirror of Cooker and contrib from sunsite.uio.no. I find a > new dir RPMS2 in Cooker. It is a full copy of contribs. Why? This is definitely not so as of 60 seconds ago. What mirroring tool did you use? With what parameters? Did you mirror /devel/Cooker and devel/Contrib to absolutely different local folders? -- Ron. [au]
