when i try to rsync with www.ibiblio.org::gentoo using this command: rsync -r --progress -v www.ibiblio.org::gentoo /opt/gentoo-rsync/distfiles/ it syncs the first 30 files, then bombs out on the file: distfiles/5507-Golden-XCursors-3D-0.7.tar.bz2 at about 34%. I've tried deleting this file and re-syncing and deleting the whole dir and re-syncing, but still no good. it still dies on this one file. here is the output from the session: receiving file list ... 11031 files to consider distfiles/5507-Golden-XCursors-3D-0.7.tar.bz2 write failed on distfiles/5507-Golden-XCursors-3D-0.7.tar.bz2 : Success rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at receiver.c(243) rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (307976 bytes read so far) rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(165) cache:/opt/gentoo-rsync/distfiles/distfiles# am i using the wrong command? the wrong server? the distfiles rsync doc is sparse on information as to what commands one needs to be using to sync with the public server. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. attempt rsync with www.ibiblio.org::gentoo Actual Results: rsync pulls 30 files, then dies with error in above details Expected Results: sync of all files cache:/opt/gentoo-rsync/distfiles/distfiles# emerge info Portage 2.0.48-r5 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.21-pfeifer-r1_pre4 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1700+ GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.noved.org/" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" USE="x86 oss 3dnow apm arts avi crypt cups encode foomaticdb gif imlib java jpeg kde gnome libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis pdflib png quicktime sdl slang spell svga truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib gdbm berkdb readline gpm tcpd pam ssl perl python -X -opengl -gtk -qt" COMPILER="gcc3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=i686 -funroll-loops -pipe" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=i686 -funroll-loops -pipe" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" MAKEOPTS="-j2" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://192.168.192.20/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="sandbox ccache"
ibiblio.org is not a gentoo server -- we don't have any control over it. That said, I tried syncing against it using the command you provided below. I was able to sync past the file you're having problems with just fine. I eventually cancelled the rsync when I got to files starting with "A". Not sure what may be causing the difficulties you're noticing. Perhaps try a different mirror and/or make sure you have enough disk space.
wow, i'm an idiot. i was low on disk space.. didn't configure the system myself, and i didn't realize the box was configured without a partition for /opt. thanks for the help! :)
