Trying to be "kinder and gentler" to the Gentoo mirrors, I set up my
"hot backup machine" to "emerge --rsync" from my main machine. I
followed the instructions in
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Local_Rsync_Mirror#Official_Gentoo_Linux_rsy nc_Mirrors_Policy_and_Guide

main machine is "d530" 192.168.123.250
hot backup is "d531" 192.168.123.251

So I
- emerge --synce on my main machine (d530)
- ssh into d531
- su to root
- run "emerge --sync"

The client machine (d531) sees the following error 3 times and gives up...

================================================== ==========
>>> Starting retry 3 of 3 with rsync://192.168.123.250
>>> Checking server timestamp ...
@ERROR: Unknown module 'metadata'
rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at main.c(1386) [receiver=2.6.9]
>>> Exceeded PORTAGE_RSYNC_RETRIES: 3
================================================== ==========

The host machine says the following in /var/log/messages
The "connect" and "unknown module" messages are repeated 3 times

================================================== ==========
Jul 4 20:43:01 d530 rsyncd[21988]: rsyncd version 3.0.2 starting, listening on port 873
Jul 4 20:46:13 d530 rsyncd[22028]: connect from d531.waltdnes.org (192.168.123.251)
Jul 4 20:46:13 d530 rsyncd[22028]: unknown module 'metadata' tried from d531.waltdnes.org (192.168.123.251)
================================================== ==========

I'm running 32-bit i686 on an Intel Core2 duo on a pair of Dell d530
desktops.

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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
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On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 5:19 AM, <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> wrote:
> Trying to be "kinder and gentler" to the Gentoo mirrors, I set up my
> "hot backup machine" to "emerge --rsync" from my main machine. I
> followed the instructions in
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Local_Rsync_Mirror#Official_Gentoo_Linux_rsy nc_Mirrors_Policy_and_Guide
>
> main machine is "d530" 192.168.123.250
> hot backup is "d531" 192.168.123.251
>
> So I
> - emerge --synce on my main machine (d530)
> - ssh into d531
> - su to root
> - run "emerge --sync"
>
> The client machine (d531) sees the following error 3 times and gives up...
>
> ================================================== ==========
>>>> Starting retry 3 of 3 with rsync://192.168.123.250
>>>> Checking server timestamp ...
> @ERROR: Unknown module 'metadata'
> rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at main.c(1386) [receiver=2.6.9]
>>>> Exceeded PORTAGE_RSYNC_RETRIES: 3
> ================================================== ==========

It seems you have rsync://<yourhost>/ instead of
rsync://<yourhost>/gentoo-portage/ on your make.conf
Also, check /etc/rsync.conf on your server to ensure that
gentoo-portage module listed there.

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Vladimir Rusinov
Voronezh, Russia
UNIX Admin @ Murano Software
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On Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 09:20:26AM +0400, Vladimir Rusinov wrote

> It seems you have rsync://<yourhost>/ instead of
> rsync://<yourhost>/gentoo-portage/ on your make.conf

Thank you very much. That was the exact mistake I made. It's working
properly now after I corrected it.

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