From 8d6b6af048d31cac1472692480b882ea8a655820 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: onefang
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 04:39:49 +0100
Subject: More docs.

---
 devuan_package_mirror_sync.sh | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'devuan_package_mirror_sync.sh')

diff --git a/devuan_package_mirror_sync.sh b/devuan_package_mirror_sync.sh
index 0f6ff3e..2e88782 100755
--- a/devuan_package_mirror_sync.sh
+++ b/devuan_package_mirror_sync.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+# This script syncs a Devuan Linux package mirror.
+
 # I've not found a way to do this in one rsync call, so here's two.
 #
 # The first one adds any new actual package files, including source and such.
@@ -7,7 +9,7 @@
 #
 # The second one doesn't exclude anything, which will pick up the
 # metadata files excluded the first time, then delete anything that should
-# be deleted.
+# be deleted at the end.
 #
 # In this way the amount of time where your mirror isn't fully valid is minimised.
 
@@ -15,7 +17,14 @@
 # to your mirror, BEHAVE is limits on the rsync commands, OPTIONS
 # includes "--chown mirrors:www-data" change that to the user and group
 # you want your files to be.  --exclude "/devuan-cd/" may need to be
-# changed or removed if you run a file / ISO mirror.
+# changed or removed if you run a file / ISO mirror or not.  The numbers used for
+# deciding to print stuff is just a rough guess to try to keep the emails down,
+# adjust to suit.
+#
+# In general the last section could be tweaked or modified to suit the sorts of
+# reports you need.  For me reporting which Devuan packages got updated could be
+# done simply, and I'm trying to keep this simple.  Reporting which Debian packages
+# changed is too complex, and I don't need it.
 
 # Stop on errors, and don't expand *
 set -ef
@@ -81,6 +90,7 @@ OPTIONS="--delay-updates   -rptSzhhv   --no-motd   --chown mirrors:www-data  -M-
 
 mkdir -p ${MIRROR_PATH}
 
+
 # The --exclude "/devuan-cd/" is so we don't wipe out the ISO mirror.
 start_time=$(date +%s%3N)
 rsltM=$( ${BEHAVE}   rsync ${OPTIONS}                         vesta@pkgmaster.devuan.org:~/devuan/ ${MIRROR_PATH}   --exclude "/devuan-cd/" \
@@ -91,6 +101,8 @@ start_time=$(date +%s%3N)
 rsltC=$( ${BEHAVE}   rsync ${OPTIONS}   -l   --delete-delay   vesta@pkgmaster.devuan.org:~/devuan/ ${MIRROR_PATH}   --exclude "/devuan-cd/" )
 end_time=$(date +%s%3N) ; durationC=$((end_time - start_time))
 
+
+# Report the results.
 rsltM=$( echo "$rsltM" | grep -Ev '/$|\.svg|\.txt$|\.txt.old$|versionlog\.state|log/sources|aintainers$|/by-hash/|skipping non-regular file' | head -n -4 | tail -n +2 )
 rsltC=$( echo "$rsltC" | grep -Ev '/$|\.svg|\.txt$|\.txt.old$|versionlog\.state|log/sources|aintainers$|/by-hash/'                           | head -n -3 | tail -n +2 )
 if [ -n "$rsltM" ] ; then echo -e "$rsltM\n"; fi
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