Setting up new Arch repo with old package backup?

I love Arch and want to give something back. I can't program and don't have any luck finding questions on the forum that I know how to answer So I thought maybe I could set up an Arch repo. I looked around for a HOWTO on doing this but couldn't find anything. How do all the repo's get their packages from the main Arch repo?
As of late I have been working with dav7 to set up an old package repo. More like a place to download old packages at http://schlunix.org/arch-linux/i686/ he supplied all the packages. There are a lot of them there but obviously it is only as complete as the packages he uses.
So... 1, how would I got about setting up a repo? And 2, is there any kind of nifty script I could use to instead of deleting obsolete packages, just move them to an "old" folder so people could search it if they needed an old package?
Thanks!
Last edited by DeltaXFX (2008-06-26 22:45:36)

Thats what I'm trying to do, make and keep a real backup mirror for the benefit of all Archers. My hosting account has 550GB space (grows 2GB/week) and 6TB monthly bandwidth (grows 40GB per week). I don't know if that will be enough... but I would imagine that would hold quite a few packages.
I was checking out rsync, and when I do "rsync archlinux.org::" it does say that only authorized mirrors are allowed to access it. So right now I'm looking for another mirror that will let me use rsync. But in the meantime who would I talk to to find out if it would be possible/helpful to the community/worthwhile to become an official mirror vs just syncing off a mirror that syncs off of archlinux.org?
Also, assuming I get this all working, how do I update the packages.txt file? Would I just use the one that I would get by rsync'ing off of whatever server I end up using? Trying to figure out what the easiest way to keep all the old packages would be. If I do what iphitus suggested and just not delete the old packages but leave them in the same directories as the current packages will that cause any problems (as far as people being able to do a "pacman -Syu" to my server)?

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[CUPS] Unable to set my new CUPS server with an HP printer (solved)

Hello,
I come from Gentoo and I just installed my new Arch Linux server on a notebook with 2 NIC ... Now, I'm trying to set the CUPS deamon to share printer (HP DESKJET 895Cxi) for 3 workstations in my LAN. Before, it was working (printer and linux ... has never been very good...). But now, I'm not able, and it's about 1 hour I'm looking for a stupid error that I don't know if it's important or not ...
(all is on my Wiki : http://pix-mania.dyndns.org/mediawiki/index.php/Cups)
Here are a list of installed package : cups ghostscript gsfonts hplip
The printer (USB) :
(lsusb)
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 03f0:0004 Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 895c
(dmesg)
usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
usblp0: Disabling reads from problematic bidirectional printer
usblp0: USB Unidirectional printer dev 4 if 0 alt 1 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x0004
Current configuration (only change made to original configuration) :
Listen <ip_serveur>:631
<Location />
Order allow,deny
Allow From all
</Location>
<Location /admin>
Order allow,deny
Allow From all
</Location>
<Location /admin/conf>
AuthType Default
Require user @SYSTEM
Order allow,deny
Allow From all
</Location>
When starting cups service, all is fine : I can use a workstation to browse the Web Interface ... but printer seems to be not detected since it tells "No printers." when clicking on "Printers" tab. So, I go to "Administration" tab and, under "Printers", I click the "Find New Printers" and again, it says : "No printers found.".
Not goot ... so, like I was doing with Gentoo, I click on "Add Printer" ... then, I receive a redirection to HTTPS ... click on the link (or wait) and nothing happend (timed out): web interface is broken for HTTPS ... I really got no idea why HTTPS is not working .
After that, when updating the configuration (with vim) and restarting the service, deamon won't stop and I have to send a "kill -9" to the cupsd pid ...
I look in log and I can just see this :
E [09/Jan/2011:18:19:55 +0100] Unable to set ACLs on root certificate "/var/run/cups/certs/0" - Operation not supported
I googled for one hour, but is not more working right now ...
Some questions :
- the printer is not detected? Is it because of the ACLs errors ?
- what the hell is "ACLs" for cups ? Never seen that before ...
So, right now, I got a working HTTP but not working HTTPS, with no printer available ... very useless
This printer is working "well" with cups, since it's an old model and it's a HP printer, so is "fully?" working on Linux ...
Any idea on what to do/try now ?
EDIT: after that message, I just refresh the page (I'm using Chromium) and ... magically, HTTPS was working (after accept untrusted certificate for HTTPS?) ... Then, go back to "Find New Printers" and now, it was working. Printer has been added ... Seems to be OK, but the "Print Self Test Page" doesn't work right now because of this :
Unsupported format 'application/vnd.cups-command'!
Current log file :
E [09/Jan/2011:18:19:55 +0100] Unable to set ACLs on root certificate "/var/run/cups/certs/0" - Operation not supported
E [09/Jan/2011:18:24:48 +0100] Unable to set ACLs on root certificate "/var/run/cups/certs/0" - Operation not supported
E [09/Jan/2011:18:29:08 +0100] Unable to set ACLs on root certificate "/var/run/cups/certs/0" - Operation not supported
E [09/Jan/2011:18:36:28 +0100] Unable to set ACLs on root certificate "/var/run/cups/certs/0" - Operation not supported
E [09/Jan/2011:18:36:42 +0100] Unable to set ACLs on root certificate "/var/run/cups/certs/0" - Operation not supported
E [09/Jan/2011:18:41:06 +0100] Unknown SystemGroup "sys root lpadmin" on line 13, ignoring!
E [09/Jan/2011:18:41:06 +0100] Unable to set ACLs on root certificate "/var/run/cups/certs/0" - Operation not supported
E [09/Jan/2011:18:42:24 +0100] Unknown SystemGroup "lpadmin" on line 14, ignoring!
E [09/Jan/2011:18:42:24 +0100] Unable to set ACLs on root certificate "/var/run/cups/certs/0" - Operation not supported
E [09/Jan/2011:18:45:12 +0100] Unable to set ACLs on root certificate "/var/run/cups/certs/0" - Operation not supported
E [09/Jan/2011:18:47:32 +0100] Unable to set ACLs on root certificate "/var/run/cups/certs/0" - Operation not supported
E [09/Jan/2011:18:48:35 +0100] Unable to set ACLs on root certificate "/var/run/cups/certs/0" - Operation not supported
E [09/Jan/2011:18:49:35 +0100] Unable to set ACLs on root certificate "/var/run/cups/certs/0" - Operation not supported
E [09/Jan/2011:18:59:46 +0100] Unable to set ACLs on root certificate "/var/run/cups/certs/0" - Operation not supported
E [09/Jan/2011:19:33:06 +0100] Unable to encrypt connection from <ip_workstation> - A TLS packet with unexpected length was received.
E [09/Jan/2011:19:33:06 +0100] Unable to encrypt connection from <ip_workstation> - A TLS packet with unexpected length was received.
E [09/Jan/2011:19:33:06 +0100] Unable to encrypt connection from <ip_workstation> - A TLS packet with unexpected length was received.
E [09/Jan/2011:19:33:13 +0100] Unable to encrypt connection from <ip_workstation> - A TLS packet with unexpected length was received.
E [09/Jan/2011:19:33:13 +0100] Unable to encrypt connection from <ip_workstation> - A TLS packet with unexpected length was received.
E [09/Jan/2011:19:33:13 +0100] Unable to encrypt connection from <ip_workstation> - A TLS packet with unexpected length was received.
E [09/Jan/2011:19:33:13 +0100] Unable to encrypt connection from <ip_workstation> - A TLS packet with unexpected length was received.
E [09/Jan/2011:19:33:13 +0100] Unable to encrypt connection from <ip_workstation> - A TLS packet with unexpected length was received.
E [09/Jan/2011:19:33:37 +0100] [CGI] Unable to create avahi client: No such file or directory
E [09/Jan/2011:19:33:37 +0100] [cups-deviced] PID 2744 (dnssd) stopped with status 1!
E [09/Jan/2011:19:33:37 +0100] Unable to encrypt connection from <ip_workstation> - A TLS packet with unexpected length was received.
E [09/Jan/2011:19:34:09 +0100] [CGI] Unable to create avahi client: No such file or directory
E [09/Jan/2011:19:34:09 +0100] [cups-deviced] PID 2763 (dnssd) stopped with status 1!
E [09/Jan/2011:19:39:51 +0100] Unable to encrypt connection from <ip_workstation> - A TLS packet with unexpected length was received.
E [09/Jan/2011:19:39:52 +0100] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file "/usr/share/cups/model/foomatic-db-ppds/Kyocera/ReadMe.htm"!
E [09/Jan/2011:19:41:23 +0100] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file "/usr/share/cups/model/foomatic-db-ppds/Kyocera/ReadMe.htm"!
E [09/Jan/2011:19:44:49 +0100] Unable to encrypt connection from <ip_workstation> - A TLS packet with unexpected length was received.
E [09/Jan/2011:19:47:16 +0100] Returning IPP client-error-document-format-not-supported for Send-Document (ipp://localhost:631/printers/HP_DeskJet_895C_USB_ES89M230MKGO_HPLIP) from localhost
E [09/Jan/2011:19:49:36 +0100] Returning IPP client-error-document-format-not-supported for Send-Document (ipp://localhost:631/printers/HP_DeskJet_895C_USB_ES89M230MKGO_HPLIP) from localhost
EDIT2: tried to print "Print Test Page" instead of the above ... and got these errors :
(web interface)
"/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed"
(error_log)
E [09/Jan/2011:20:08:31 +0100] [CGI] Unable to create avahi client: No such file or directory
E [09/Jan/2011:20:08:31 +0100] [cups-deviced] PID 3126 (dnssd) stopped with status 1!
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] prnt/backend/hp.c 559: dBus Connection Error (Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory)!
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] LANGUAGE = (unset),
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] LC_ALL = (unset),
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] LANG = "fr_FR.UTF-8"
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] are supported and installed on your system.
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] GhostScript extra search path ('GS_LIB'): /usr/share/cups/fonts
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] Pondering option 'job-uuid=urn:uuid:e4395221-1209-32a9-5add-30f7945eaa6b'
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] Unknown option job-uuid=urn:uuid:e4395221-1209-32a9-5add-30f7945eaa6b.
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] Pondering option 'job-originating-host-name=localhost'
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] Unknown option job-originating-host-name=localhost.
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] Pondering option 'time-at-creation=1294600145'
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] Unknown option time-at-creation=1294600145.
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] Pondering option 'time-at-processing=1294600145'
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] Unknown option time-at-processing=1294600145.
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] Pondering option 'AP_D_InputSlot='
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] Unknown option AP_D_InputSlot=.
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] prnt/backend/hp.c 625: ERROR: 5021 device communication error!
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] GPL Ghostscript 9.00: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] Process 3154 ending: "gs -q -dBATCH -dPARANOIDSAFER -dQUIET -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=ijs -sIjsServer=hpijs -dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=5..."
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] renderer return value: 1
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] renderer received signal: 1
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] Process dying with "Possible error on renderer command line or PostScript error. Check options.", exit stat: 3
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] error: No such file or directory (2)
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] Cleaning up ...
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] Killing process 3153 (KID4) with signal 15
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] KID3 exited with status 3
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] Renderer exit stat: 3
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] Killing process 3153 (KID4) with signal 9
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5]
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] Closing foomatic-rip.
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] Renderer process finished
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] Process dying with "Error closing renderer", exit stat: 3
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] error: (0)
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] Cleaning up ...
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] Killing process 3152 (KID3) with signal 15
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] Killing process 3152 (KID3) with signal 9
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] Error closing renderer
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5]
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] Closing foomatic-rip.
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] Backend returned status 4 (stop printer)
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] Printer stopped due to backend errors; please consult the error_log file for details.
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] End of messages
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] printer-state=5(stopped)
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] printer-state-message="/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed"
D [09/Jan/2011:20:09:16 +0100] [Job 5] printer-state-reasons=paused
E [09/Jan/2011:20:14:21 +0100] [Job 5] Stopping unresponsive job!
EDIT3: I tested the ppd from cups (and not hpijs) and got the same problem ... The latest idea was to unplug USB and plug to another USB ... and it seams to works ... Now, the test page print "fine" ...
So, I shared the printer over my LAN, and tried to print from a workstation ... it works fine now ... when looking error_log, I can see than there is no more Ghostscript error .
But I have a last question .. if somebody can answer ... When choosing a PPD file, I have the choice between 3 version :
- hpijs, 3.10.9
- hpijs, 3.10.9.11
- hpcups, 3.10.9
Don't know why onlyl the HPIJS got the ".11" and not any others ... I selected this one and here is what Cups say about the printer :
HP_DeskJet_895C_USB_ES29Z231JKGO_HPLIP HP DeskJet 895C Local Printer HP Deskjet 895c hpijs, 3.10.9.11 Idle - "ready to print"
I hope when upgrading the system, I will not get error from PPD file not found ... With my current PPD file, I get (really not sure) this error, but print is working so, it doesn't matter :
E [09/Jan/2011:21:08:04 +0100] [CGI] Unable to create avahi client: No such file or directory
E [09/Jan/2011:21:08:04 +0100] [cups-deviced] PID 5705 (dnssd) stopped with status 1!
E [09/Jan/2011:21:08:09 +0100] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file "/usr/share/cups/model/foomatic-db-ppds/Kyocera/ReadMe.htm"!
Thanks for all .. hope you don't think I'm crazy ^^
Last edited by loopx (2011-01-09 20:31:21)

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Solved!
Go to Solution.

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January 10, 2013 at 7:27 pm
So after much time with apple support…. You need to “transfer purchases” to your computer via iTunes before making the backup. And the iPads need different names or it may automatically back itself up, and that may end up being what you restore from (which of course would end up doing nothing).
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TIP do it soon as it is taking ages for the 83 apps he has to copy across...

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Hey jh232808,
Thanks for the question. If I understand correctly, you want to restore a backup to a new iOS device. I would recommend that you read this article, it may be able to help the issue.
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Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
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Same goes for apps, except that warning also mentions that the apps and their data will be erased and replaced.
At some point she was also getting a message that this iPhone was associated with another library, but I'm not sure how she had triggered that. She says she canceled out of that. I can see all of the music
How do we get iTunes to see the "old" library of songs, videos and apps without losing the ones she's purchased already on the iPhone? The music files themselves are still on the computer, and include music both purchased from iTunes as well as music ripped from CDs. Thanks for any advice!

See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
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Can I set up a new iPhone using an old iPod backup?

The support articles cover backing up and then restoring from backup but only on like devices. I just got my first iPhone and I need to set it up with my old iPod data. iTunes didn't cue me when I plugged it in and just set up the phone as a new phone. I just want to make sure I don't render the phone useless or something if I restore it from iPod data. If I have to re-enter everything manually I might cry.

I'm going to answer my own question in case someone else needs it.
I synced my iPod. Then, I wiped my iPhone and restored it to factory settings. Since I've only had it 36 hours, there wasn't much to lose. When it came back up, iTunes asked me which backup to use (which it didn't the first time, I still don't know why). I selected the one for the iPod. Everything seems to work. It installed everything, apps, as well as app data, but left everything unique to the phone alone. My biggest fear was bricking the phone if I installed iPod data over it, but that doesn't seem to be the case. I still have a new, functional phone but now it has the treasure trove of data that's been in my critical device for the past four years.

New Airport Extreme with old Time Capsule?

I just bought a new 802.11ac Airport Extreme to increase the speed and range of my home network. My network currently runs on an 802.11g Time Capsule. I would like to continue to back up to the old Time Capsule. Should I just set up the old Time Capsule with wireless off in bridge mode or should I place the Time Capsule somewhere else in the house strategically, leaving wireless on, to improve range? Someone told me adding a G-speed access point or client to the network would slow things down.
Thank you SO much for the help; I'm sort of a wireless networking dummie.
Steve

My network currently runs on an 802.11g Time Capsule.
I assume you meant to say 802.11n Time Capsule. There are no 802.11g models.
I would like to continue to back up to the old Time Capsule. Should I just set up the old Time Capsule with wireless off in bridge mode or should I place the Time Capsule somewhere else in the house strategically, leaving wireless on, to improve range?
You can do either. If you hare happy with the coverage of the 802.11ac AirPort Extreme, then I would recommend that you go with your first idea. I would connect the Time Capsule directly to the new Extreme using an Ethernet cable, disable its wireless and reconfigure it as a bridge.

Problem with old packages

I am trying to recreate the web-based data mining tool as outlined here (http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/wa-wbdm/) way back in 2001.
I am generating quite a few errors compiling XMLHelper (35 in all), and I've done a bit of research to try to understand these errors and how I might address them.
It appears that most of the errors are derivative to the following initial errors:
1) package org.apache.xerces.dom does not exist, import org.apache.xerces.dom
2) package org.apache.xerces.parsers does not exist, import org.apache.xerces.parsers
3) package org.apache.xml.serialize does not exist, import org.apache.xml.serialize
4) package org.apache.xalan.xslt does not exist, import org.apache.xalan.xslt
5) package org.apache.xpath does not exist, import org.apache.xpath
6) package org.w3c.tidy does not exist, import org.w3c.tidy
It also appears that a number of these packages are considerably outdated, and either no longer exist in the form shown, or the functionality being sought from the package now resides in a different package.
Any insight on how I mgiht resolve these errors would be greatly appreciated. I am not wedded to this particular approach, however, so if there is a better/more up to date approach (with tutorial, of course, as I'm quite new at this) to accomplish the same objective (automatically extract information from a particular web source and prep it for some database friendly format), even better.
The data I am seeking is very public - restaurant inspection information posted online periodically by a city agency.
Thank You,
Ottac

cotton.m,
Thank you for clarifying the terminology.
Actually, I have previously downloaded the current xalan and xerces-j packages from sourceforge, extracted them, and even added the parent directory of the .jar files to my classpath before attempting the compile for XMLHelper.java, but to no avail. I have done the same with tidy (added the unzipped folder to classpath), which only appears to have a .css file (not sure if that is what I need). I still get the same errors indicating the packages cannot be found. I have read in some other forum posts that some of the packages may have been significantly reconfigured, particularly post java 1.5, and may not longer be accessible in the enumerated format.
I certainly would prefer a clean data (i.e. web service) format rather than attempting to scrape from the web, but unfortunately the relevant bureaucrats are neither helpful nor responsive: "it's on the website" is all I get, no matter how I try.
I may be able to convince someone to send me a text file, csv or something, but I can already tell it won't be easy, and will probably only turn out to be a one-time quick fix in any event. The particular agency just spent a considerable amount of money getting a system up and running that would present the data in a 'user-friendly' format to the public (it's decent, in any event), so I am not particularly concerned that the page format will change in the near or medium term.
In any event, back to the errors, then. I've downloaded the xalan and xerces tar.gz files, unzipped them, identified the parent director of the relevant jar files (such as xalan.jar, serializer.jar, etc), added the path to these directories to my classpath, and still get the same errors when I javac -verbose XMLHelper.java...
Thanks Again...

Synchronisation - new Mac Pro with old iPhone

I have recently bought an Macbook Pro and want to sychronise it on iTunes with my Iphone (3GS) and my Ipad 2. However, it only seems to be giving me an option that would wipe the existing contents of my iPhone. How do I do this?

Copy everything from your old computer to your new one.

New itunes installation with old itouch - cant sync without deleting - HELP

hey guys...
after a recent virus went through my pc, a friend had to delete heaps of programs and itunes was one of them. unfortunately he didnt back up my music, and now i have just re-downloaded the new version of itunes and my 2000 songs have gone!
they are all still on my itouch - but i cant even play them now through my pc - is there anything i can do??
thanks!

If your iPod is set to update automatically you need to take care connecting to an empty iTunes. You can use a keyboard command to prevent your iPod auto-syncing with iTunes. While connecting the iPod to the computer on Windows with iTunes 7.3 or later installed hold down the Shift + Ctrl keys together. This will stop the iPod from auto-syncing with iTunes and the iPod will appear in the source list. Wait until you are sure the iPod has mounted, and that it will not auto sync and then you can let the keys go. This may take between 20 to 30 seconds depending on your computer: iTunes - Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows
If at any point you get a message that your iPod is linked to another library and asking if you want to link to this one and replace all your songs etc, press "Cancel". Pressing "Erase and Sync" will irretrievably remove all the songs from your iPod.
Once you are safely connected, if you have any iTunes Music Store purchases the transfer of purchased content from the iPod to authorised computers was introduced with iTunes 7. You'll find details in this article: Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod or iPhone to a computer
The transfer of content from sources such as songs imported from CD is designed by default to be one way from iTunes to the iPod and iPhone. However there are a few third party utilities that are advertised as iPhone and iPod Touch compatible which can be used to retrieve the music files and playlists etc. Have a look at the web sites and help pages for these ones and see what you think or check the web for reviews:
SharePod Windows Only (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
TuneJack Windows Only (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
Music Rescue Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iGadget Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iRepo Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod Access Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
TouchCopy Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)

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