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- From: leisner@eso.mc.xerox.com (Marty Leisner 311/? x?)
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- Subject: re: multiple machine distribution architecture
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- Date: 15 Sep 92 17:51:35 GMT
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- I asked:
- >I'm looking for a good way to put binary versions on a known good machine, and then distribute what was
- >updated
- >or is new via cron??
- >
- >I supposed the best way is to do a make install on packages on the primary servers, where the mount point
- >is a link
- >file system (so I'm guaranteed to get this file system). [I'm using amd, I have no idea how to do this
- >in automounter]
- >
- >Then some type of cron script to copy what is new/changed to the other redundant machines...
- >
- >I did a little playing with rdist, and couldn't get it to work (gave me some wierd error message, the
- >man page says:
- >something to the effect "If you get this message, you must be doing something wrong".
- >
- >I also have coda, but I didn't spend enough time to figure out how to use it...
- >
- >
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- Most responses mentioned rdist, sup and track.
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- I liked the response best from mdixon@parc.xerox.com
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- rdist is pretty ugly. i'd recommend nfs mounting the good machine and
- then
- using gnu's cp, which has an 'update' option to just bring across changed
- files.
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- I haven't got it running via cron yet, but I liked this...If the accounts are the same on the
- two machines and both machines run nfs, this seems to be very clean.
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- Something like cp -a --update does aupdate archival copies.
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- Marty leisner.henr801c@xerox.com
- Member of the League for Programming Freedom
- Computer science is an oxymoron
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