[texhax] [tex-live] tl09 release status: coming up

[Joseph Wright]

Philip TAYLOR wrote:
> 
> 
> Karl Berry wrote:
> 
>> So, if anyone has been waiting to test until things are getting close to
>> final ... now would be a good time to give it a shot.  Information about
>> trying the pretest is at http://tug.org/texlive/pretest.html.
> 
> Trying now, for the first time.
> 
> Choosing the "Rsync" method, I am advised to :
> 
>     rsync -r --delete --exclude=2008 --exclude=mactex*
> rsync://somehost/some/path/ /your/local/dir
> 
> which using the information in :
> 
>     http://tug.org/texlive/mirmon/
> 
> and finding no UK mirror, I map to
> 
>     rsync -r --delete --exclude=2008 --exc
> lude=mactex* rsync://guiling.fr/texlive/ h:\TeX\Live\2009\Mirror
> 
> whereupon I am told :
> 
>     The source and destination cannot both be remote.
> rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at
> /home/lapo/packaging/rsync-3.0.4-
> 1/src/rsync-3.0.4/main.c(1136) [receiver=3.0.4]
> 
> The error message is invariant with the direction of slashes
> in "h:\TeX\Live\2009\Mirror"
> 
> Suggestions, please ?
> ** Phil.

Can you give us a clue as to your rsync program? On Windows, I only know
of it being available as part of cygwin.
-- 
Joseph Wright