[Gnu-arch-users] Re: "moving" an arch repository

[Andreas Rottmann]

Andy Tai <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi, I wonder if there is an easy way to recreate an
> arch repository elsewhere.  That is, how can I create
> a copy of an existing arch repository (as in creating
> a tar ball of the arch repository and untar it on
> another machine) and make it a new functional
> repository?  
>
See
http://wiki.gnuarch.org/moin.cgi/Ask_20Arch_20questions#head-fd4cbe86d223843160fe49f8f63dc77715ff040c;
so this should work as you describe - you just have to be careful that
you don't commit to the old location -- either make the old acrchive a
mirror or remove it.

> Trying to do this fails due to invalid
> inode signatures.  
>
Can you describe what exact commands you tried for moving the archive
and then accessing it again?

Regards, Rotty
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