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 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
