[csw-maintainers] Inconsistencies between /packages DB and catalog contents?

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Sebastian,

Am 24.03.2010 um 16:06 schrieb Sebastian Kayser:
> * Sebastian Kayser <skayser at opencsw.org> wrote:
>> just wondering: what is the current procedure for releasing  
>> packages WRT
>> to our mirrors? pidgin 2.6.6 was registered with our packages  
>> database
>> yesterday. I happily saw this and wanted to update it today, but my
>> catalog still carries the old version (2.5.8).
>>
>> How can one verify whether there's a problem on our side or on the
>> mirrors? The mirror status page [1] tells me, my mirror is up to  
>> date,
>> but gives a date of 2010-03-22 23:27. Is this for the catalog? Does  
>> this
>> mean new packages like pidgin were registered in our DB, were  
>> announced
>> via our new packages feed, but somehow weren't registered in the  
>> catalog
>> and/or pushed to the mirrors? What's our master mirror btw.?
>>
>> Enlightenment appreciated

This is due to the method Phil uses for registering packages.
It is not atomic. It can take multiple days between Mantis
and mirror sync.


Best regards

   -- Dago