Re: us.kernel.org mirroring inconsistency

Jim Pick (jim@jimpick.com)
04 Jan 1999 16:23:32 -0800


Steve VanDevender <stevev@efn.org> writes:

> I'm getting a bit disturbed by an inconsistency between the
> kernel.org mirrors. For example, I have just connected to
> katelyn.optilinkcomm.net, which apparently carries only bz2 files
> and not gz files.
>
> It seems to defeat the purpose if kernel.org mirrors don't
> actually carry the full contents of kernel.org, even accounting
> for any lag in pulling down new files.

I agree.

When I was switching my private mirror from using the main site to a
mirror, I was also a bit disturbed to see that most mirror sites seem
to have timestamps that are offset from those on kernel.org.

Cheers,

- Jim

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