[packagers] rsync/mirror options for rpmforge repo(s)?

[Dag Wieers]

On Thu, 2 Nov 2006, Rex Dieter wrote:

> Rex Dieter wrote:
> > Dag Wieers wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2 Nov 2006, Rex Dieter wrote:
> > >
> > > > OK, I've seen the light and am ready to jump on the rpmforge bandwagon
> > > > (for
> > > > rhel4 support mostly).  First question, are there any rsync'able
> > > > repo/mirror/sites I can use to make a local mirror?  (Sorry if it was
> > > > obvious,
> > > > and I simply missed it in my quick browsing of rpmforge.net and
> > > > googling...).
> > >
> > > Try rsync://apt.sw.be/pub/freshrpms/pub/dag/
> > 
> > Dang, didn't think to look under freshrpms.  Thanks.
> > 
> > I found this one too (closer to me) just minutes ago:
> > rsync://rh-mirror.linux.iastate.edu/dag
> 
> Eek, dag/redhat/el4/en/i386/ reports to have 19958 files!  Is that
> legit/expected?

Probably the apt, yum and createrepo metadata. It adds up quickly.
It's better to use Yam for something like this :)

Kind regards,
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