On 2025-01-31 12:57:29, James Cloos via Dng wrote:
> >>>>> "o" == onefang <onefang_devuan@???> writes:
>
> o> The documentation for setting up a Devuan package mirror says to let me
> o> know if your mirror is using HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, or rsync. I suspect those
> o> last two are not actually needed. I want to get rid of them.
>
> rsync is likely recommended to support distributed mirroring.
>
> ie, so that everyone doesn't have to directly contact the root rsync host(s).
>
> it can be useful for anyone to have their own local mirror if there are
> connectivity or bandwidth issues.

That would be using rsync directly then, not apt using rsync. Apt
doesn't know HOW to use rsync from what I can tell. I'm asking about
apt's usage.

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