do
         echo "retrieve Releases(.gpg) $dist"
        test -d us/${dist} || mkdir -p us/${dist}
-       rsync -t ${localdir}/dists/${dist}/Release us/${dist}/Release
-       rsync -t ${localdir}/dists/${dist}/Release.gpg us/${dist}/Release.gpg
+       rsync -Lt ${localdir}/dists/${dist}/Release us/${dist}/Release
+       rsync -Lt ${localdir}/dists/${dist}/Release.gpg us/${dist}/Release.gpg
 
        foo=\$arch_${dist//-/_}
        for arch in `eval echo $foo`
            do
                echo retrieve Packages $dist/$part/$arch
                test -d us/${dist}/${part}/binary-${arch} || mkdir -p us/${dist}/${part}/binary-${arch}
-               rsync -t ${localdir}/dists/${dist}/${part}/binary-${arch}/Packages.gz \
+               rsync -Lt ${localdir}/dists/${dist}/${part}/binary-${arch}/Packages.gz \
                    us/${dist}/${part}/binary-${arch}/Packages.gz
            done
            #FIXME: no Contents files for p-u
+           #FIXME: the symlinks for wheezy/sid/experimental will go away
+           #FIXME: this only pulls in the contents files for main in wheezy/sid/experimental
            echo retrieve Contents $dist/$arch
-           rsync -t ${localdir}/dists/${dist}/Contents-${arch}.gz \
+           rsync -Lt ${localdir}/dists/${dist}/Contents-${arch}.gz \
                us/${dist}/Contents-${arch}.gz
        done
        for part in ${parts}
         do
            echo retrieve Sources $dist/$part
             test -d us/${dist}/${part}/source || mkdir -p us/${dist}/${part}/source
-            rsync -t ${localdir}/dists/${dist}/${part}/source/Sources.gz \
+            rsync -Lt ${localdir}/dists/${dist}/${part}/source/Sources.gz \
                us/${dist}/${part}/source/Sources.gz
        done
 
 
                part="$part/debian-installer"
                echo retrieve Sources $dist/$part/$arch
                test -d us/${dist}/${part}/binary-${arch} || mkdir -p us/${dist}/${part}/binary-${arch}
-               rsync -t ${localdir}/dists/${dist}/${part}/binary-${arch}/Packages.gz \
+               rsync -Lt ${localdir}/dists/${dist}/${part}/binary-${arch}/Packages.gz \
                    us/${dist}/${part}/binary-${arch}/Packages.gz
            done
        done
 
          do
            locale=$(echo $lang|perl -p -e 's/^([a-z]{2})-([a-z]{2})$/"$1_".uc($2)/e')
            echo "retrieve translated Descs $dist/$part/$lang ($locale)"
-            rsync -t ${localdir}/dists/${dist}/${part}/i18n/Translation-$locale.bz2 \
+            rsync -Lt ${localdir}/dists/${dist}/${part}/i18n/Translation-$locale.bz2 \
                us/${dist}/${part}/i18n/Translation-$locale.bz2
          done
        done