1 files changed, 26 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/common-functions b/lib/common-functions
index 6e0892d..7776725 100755
--- a/lib/common-functions
+++ b/lib/common-functions
@@ -225,12 +225,12 @@ remove_old_package_versions() {
     # repo-remove packages
     while read -r arch repo pkgname; do
       mkdir "${tmp_dir}/transit"
-      ${master_mirror_rsync_command} \
+      failsafe_rsync \
         "${master_mirror_rsync_directory}/${arch}/${repo}/${repo}.db."* \
         "${master_mirror_rsync_directory}/${arch}/${repo}/${repo}.files."* \
         "${tmp_dir}/transit/"
       repo-remove "${tmp_dir}/transit/${repo}.db.tar.gz" "${pkgname}"
-      ${master_mirror_rsync_command} \
+      failsafe_rsync \
         "${tmp_dir}/transit/${repo}.db."* \
         "${tmp_dir}/transit/${repo}.files."* \
         "${master_mirror_rsync_directory}/${arch}/${repo}/"
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ trigger_mirror_refreshs() {
   tmp_file=$(mktemp "tmp.common-functions.trigger_mirror_refreshs.XXXXXXXXXX" --tmpdir)
   date '+%s' > \
     "${tmp_file}"
-  ${master_mirror_rsync_command} \
+  failsafe_rsync \
     "${tmp_file}" \
     "${master_mirror_rsync_directory}/lastupdate"
   rm "${tmp_file}"
@@ -882,3 +882,26 @@ failsafe_sftp() {
   ) || \
     return $?
 }
+
+# failsafe_rsync
+# execute rsync with the given parameters on the master mirror, retrying
+# if unsuccessful
+# caveats:
+#  - output might be garbled
+#  - error code will be projected into {0,1}
+failsafe_rsync() {
+  local trial_counter
+
+  trial_counter=20
+  if ${master_mirror_rsync_command} "$@"; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+  while [ ${trial_counter} -gt 0 ]; do
+    wait_some_time 30
+    if ${master_mirror_rsync_command} "$@"; then
+      return 0
+    fi
+    trial_counter=$((trial_counter-1))
+  done
+  return 1
+}