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Re: New mirror checker in operation
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 01:32:29PM -0400, Robert Pendell wrote:
> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>I am running a new mirror checker on the cygwin web site. It should do
>>a much better job of finding valid mirrors. The mirror check process
>>now runs multiple times a day validating that files on the mirrors are
>>up to date.
>>
>>There is still a hole between the time where package maintainer updates
>>a package on the main cygwin site and the mirror grabs the package. So
>>we still can't guarantee that the mirror list contains 100% accurate
>>data. Hopefully we won't have situations where mirrors are just
>>garbage now, however. On closer inspection of the old mirror checker,
>>I found a few cases where it would interpret information incorrectly
>>when it was scanning a mirror for valid files, leaving the mirror list
>>in an incorrect state.
>>
>>The new mirror checker returns better errors so I was actually able to
>>resurrect a few mirrors which had moved the location of the cygwin
>>mirror directory on their site. There are also a few mirrors which
>>inexplicably only contain a subset of the cygwin release directory. I
>>guess I'll eventually just remove them from the master list entirely.
>>
>>If you think there are problems with the new list please continue to
>>send them here. If you register as a new mirror please send email to
>>sourcemaster .
>
>Just curious but is there a typical time when the master server
>updates? ~ This way I may be able to synchronize my mirror as closely
>as possible to it as soon as possible. As of right now the server
>updates 9AM UTC every day.
"master server updates"? The definitive source for the cygwin release
is cygwin.com. The cygwin release directory there is updated whenever a
new package is uploaded.
Maybe you need to read the second paragraph again.
cgf
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