On Thu, 23 Sep 2010, Arnau Bria wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> SL5 documentation recommends ftp and rsync for mirronring the
> distribution. But I don't find mrepo and why it is not recommended.
>
> We're curretly using mrepo and preparing to move to cobbler (where we
> can select a new method). So, could someone explain me why mrepo is bad
> (or not recommended)?

I'd never heard of mrepo or cobbler, but
I think you are working at a different level from the SL docs.

The SL doc recommends ftp and especially rsync as ways of
*transferring* updates from the master to the mirror.

A quick look at the instructions for mrepo or cobbler suggests
that they are tools for serving mirrored data and that they can
both use rsync to collect updates from the master.

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