From owner-freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 9 07:29:49 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6F95106564A for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2009 07:29:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D80C8FC1A for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2009 07:29:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n597TFGb033190; Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:29:38 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n597TF97033188; Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:29:15 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) From: Oliver Fromme Message-Id: <200906090729.n597TF97033188@lurza.secnetix.de> To: m229a@cs.pu.edu.tw (m229a) Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:29:15 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <20090609063602.M8517@cs.pu.edu.tw> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL8] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:29:40 +0200 (CEST) Cc: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd mirror site problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "FreeBSD Distributions Hubs: mail sup ftp" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:29:50 -0000 m229a wrote: > We found a problem about mirror freebsd?on pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/7.2- > > RELEASE/ has loop?it will be /pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/7.2-RELEASE > > /7.2-RELEASE/7.2-RELEASE/7.2-RELEASE/?Is it normal? ?because when we > > mirror this directory will use many space. What software do you use for mirroring? It should copy symbolic links as-is, not try to follow them. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "Python tricks" is a tough one, cuz the language is so clean. E.g., C makes an art of confusing pointers with arrays and strings, which leads to lotsa neat pointer tricks; APL mistakes everything for an array, leading to neat one-liners; and Perl confuses everything period, making each line a joyous adventure . -- Tim Peters