On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 05:26:34PM +0200, Simon Paillard wrote: > > > The fastest server seems to be: > > > http://72.51.51.7/debian/ > > This address belongs to the PEER1 block : > $ whois 72.51.51.7 > Peer 1 Network Inc. PEER1-BLK-08 (NET-72-51-0-0-1) > 72.51.0.0 - 72.51.63.255 > Peer1 Network PEER1-CDNSRV-03A (NET-72-51-51-0-1) > 72.51.51.0 - 72.51.51.15 > > But the peer1 mirror present in the list is not it all in the same > network .. (in 64.34.8.x)
indeed, I think there's some peer1 caching involved here: contacting the above server I get a squid error message from "Generated Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:04:58 GMT by nyc-ch-4.cdn.peer1.net (squid)" Van: from where you were trying netselect-apt? > > > this is strange, netselect is supposed to return the symbolic name it > > founds. > > However I cannot find the above address either by grepping mirrors_full or > > resolving every mirror. > > Does netselect-apt resolve, then reverse-resolve dns entries ?? no, it only does a gethostbyname() call. > > > Anyway, I think automatic mirror checks are being done, thus netselect-apt > > trusts mirrors_full to provide good informations. > > For the moment, automatic mirror checks are done, but the output of > these checks at http://www.de.debian.org/dmc/today/ are not > automatically exploited yet. > > So out of work or date mirrors may be present in the list. thanks for the information! is the list of http/ftp working mirrors exported somewhere so it is not necessary to parse the above page? thanks, filippo -- Filippo Giunchedi - http://esaurito.net PGP key: 0x6B79D401 random quote follows: If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank. -- Woody Allen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
