Re: Which kernel.org WWW is the master server?

[Piotr Hosowicz]

On 26.08.2010 17:10, Arnd Hannemann wrote:
> Am 26.08.2010 15:37, schrieb Jiri Kosina:
> > On Thu, 19 Aug 2010, Piotr Hosowicz wrote:
> >
> >
> > > I wrote a simple python script that tells me that a new kernel version
> > > appeared. The problem is that it is based exactly on this what appears on the
> > > webpage so sometimes it resolves the server IP that the version has changed,
> > > despite the fact that it is not true. Which server is the master server?
> > I guess that simply running
> >
> > 	finger @kernel.org
> >
> > will give you exactly the information you are looking for which much less
> > pain of connecting to www server, parsing html, etc.
>
> Not sure if this is still accurate:
>
> > Aug 21, 2003: Please don't use *finger.kernel.org* for any sort of
> > automatic monitoring. The number of automatic bots hitting this port
> > is causing the finger daemon to shut down more often than not. The
> > same information is available from
> > http://www.kernel.org/kdist/finger_banner
> > <http://kernel.org/kdist/finger_banner>.

Moreover it is written as the above.

Regards,

Piotr Hosowicz

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