On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 5:10 AM, Peter Humphrey <pe...@humphrey.ukfsn.org> wrote: > On Monday 15 March 2010 02:44:56 fire-eyes wrote: > >> Are you using the EU pool? I am, and I have that problem frequently. > > I don't have /that/ problem at all. The only problem I have with it is > the Irish server in the pool - it wouldn't be enough to go for a cuppa > while it's running; I'd have to come back tomorrow if I let it continue > at its own pace*. So I watch the beginning of --sync and if I get that > server I kill it and try again.
There was a distfiles mirror that would always hang and timeout for me, so I added it to my hosts file with a bogus IP so it just fails instantly and tries a different server. Maybe you could do the same for the server that's bothering you, then you won't have to worry about it.
