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Re: Automated report: NetBSD-current/i386 build failure



Thus wrote Andreas Gustafsson (gson%gson.org@localhost):

> Alan Barrett wrote:
> > Obviously you can't consider any change that's more recent than 
> > when you started the rsync process.  I see now that I didn't state 
> > this requirement properly.
> 
> That in turn introduces a new requirement of clock synchronization
> between the machine holding the repository and the client.

Since we routinely run ntpd, I think you can consider the clocks synced.

> There is also the problem that (AFAIK) repository rsync service is not
> available directly from cvs.netbsd.org, but only from mirrors, which
> may not themselves hold consistent snapshots of the actual repository.

Not necessarily true, but you'll need admins' assistance to set that up
from a TNF host.

> What method does anoncvs.netbsd.org use for mirroring the repository
> from cvs.netbsd.org?

cvs pushes to anoncvs.

regards,
        spz


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