repo sync not updating like repo selfupdate?

[Brad Larson]

We just pulled in repo 1.6.7.3, but none of my sandboxes update to it
when I run a repo sync. repo selfupdate does pull it in however. I
don't understand why repo sync doesn't see the update...

I just updated to 1.6.7.2 yesterday, is there some logic in repo which
only checks for updates periodically instead of on every sync?

Thanks!
Brad

[Shawn Pearce]

Yes, this was a change in 1.6.7 somewhere.  It now only checks once per day during "repo sync".

The rationale was, I was noticing clients were spending about 1/4 of their "repo sync" time just trying to connect over the WAN to android.git.kernel.org to check that repo was current.  If all of your projects are actually off a local server on your LAN, that's a huge penalty.

So, repo sync now only checks once per day.  repo selfupdate on the other hand checks immediately.

[Brad Larson]

That makes perfect sense, thanks for the explanation.

We host repo locally due to some proxy issues (.....), so for our use-
case, I might look at a patch to go ahead and check repo if the
repository is using the same host as the manifest. Does that sound
feasible/reasonable?

Of course, I guess it isn't that big of a deal if the users have to
use selfupdate to get the latest version a few hours earlier.

Thanks!
Brad


On May 1, 9:15 am, Shawn Pearce <s...@google.com> wrote:

[Shawn Pearce]

On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 07:49, Brad Larson <bkla...@gmail.com> wrote:

That makes perfect sense, thanks for the explanation.

We host repo locally due to some proxy issues (.....), so for our use-
case, I might look at a patch to go ahead and check repo if the
repository is using the same host as the manifest.  Does that sound
feasible/reasonable?

Yes.  I just didn't want to spend my own time writing it, I felt like I had more important stuff going on in my Gerrit bug list than this.  But if you send a reasonable patch for it, I'll include it in the next repo version.
 

Of course, I guess it isn't that big of a deal if the users have to
use selfupdate to get the latest version a few hours earlier.

That was my take on it.  But hey, if you guys want a patch, and code it up and send it to me, I'll be happy to take it!  :-)