Matthew Bailey writes ("Re: Mirror sites still having problems"):
> On Sat, 21 Oct 1995, Ian Jackson wrote:
>
> > Several mirror sites are *still* in a mess, even after repeated
> > emails.
> >
> > At this point I think we can do one of two things:
> >
> > 1. Keep prodding them, phoning them up, &c &c &c &c - any
> > volunteers ? (If it comes to this I'll deal with
> > src.doc.ic.ac.uk.)
> src.doc.ic.ac.uk has been mirroring the current distribution for several
> days now.
It's still broken. See transcript below. Many sites seem still to
have a `binary' directory at the top level, and have a symlink inside
debian-0.93 named binary pointing back to it. This seems to make the
standard mirror software fetch things with one hand and delete them
with the other.
> > 2. Move the whole of ftp.debian.org:/debian to /debian.real, and
> > replace with an empty /debian containing only `README.vanished'.
> > Leave for 3 days. Put it back.
>
> Only if we forwarn the current mirror sites to shut off their mirror alot
> of them have been working hard to get this especially the NON-US sites.
If you think there's a better way of doing things, such as contacting
sites individually, then let's do that.
It's just that some sites don't seem to be terribly responsive, and
these problems are getting rather old.
Ian.
-chiark:~> ncftp
NcFTP 2.1.0 (July 15, 1995), by Mike Gleason, NCEMRSoft.
Current local directory is /u/ian/download.
NcFTP> o src
Trying to connect to src.doc.ic.ac.uk...
The Archive -- SunSITE Northern Europe
========================================
SunSITE Northern Europe is located at the Department of Computing,
Imperial College, London and is running on a SPARCserver 1000 (with
7 CPUs and 42 GB of disk space) kindly donated by Sun Microsystems.
Local time is Sat Oct 21 19:30:33 1995, you are user number 61 (max 200)
Please read the README files for more information (e.g. what a .gz file
is, extensions to ftp, etc). Note that if ftp hangs or dies, try
putting a hyphen at the start of your password. Another useful feature
is the ls -sf:package command which does a quick scan of The
Archive looking for something called 'package'. Finally please note
that *ALL* transfers are logged and any misuse will be acted upon.
DISCLAIMER: Neither Imperial College nor Sun Microsystems are liable
for any use, storage or transmission of any files stored on this
archive.
Please email suggestions and questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NOTE::
:::::: PLEASE use hostname sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk to access here.
:::::: If you cannot then use the IP address: 155.198.1.40
::::::
Please read the file README
it was last modified on Sun Jul 9 22:31:21 1995 - 104 days ago
Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
Please read the file README.DEBIAN
it was last modified on Fri Sep 1 18:07:00 1995 - 50 days ago
Please read the file README.mirrors
it was last modified on Fri Oct 20 13:53:00 1995 - 1 day ago
src:/packages/linux/debian> dir
total 473
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 1024 Oct 21 01:22 .
drwxr-xr-x 12 root other 512 May 23 19:59 ..
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 123465 Oct 20 07:17 Packages-Master
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 36066 Oct 20 07:17 Packages-Master.gz
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 2110 Sep 1 17:07 README.DEBIAN
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 2697 Oct 20 12:53 README.mirrors
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 512 Oct 21 01:22 binary
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 512 Sep 23 00:21 contrib
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 512 Oct 21 00:39 debian-0.93
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 11 Sep 29 07:06 debian-0.93R6 ->
debian-0.93
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 512 Jun 26 00:05 debian-bugs
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 11 Sep 29 07:06 debian-current ->
debian-0.93
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Sep 2 00:16 doc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Sep 14 01:02 info
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Jun 20 02:31 kernel
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 276460 Oct 20 07:50 ls-laR
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 512 Sep 23 00:21 non-free
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 512 Sep 23 00:20 private
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 512 Sep 29 07:06 project
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Sep 29 07:06 tools
src:/packages/linux/debian> dir binary
total 15
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 512 Oct 21 01:22 .
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 1024 Oct 21 01:22 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1536 Oct 21 01:22 devel
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Oct 21 00:43 doc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Oct 21 00:31 editors
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Oct 21 00:31 electronics
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Oct 21 00:31 games
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Oct 21 00:31 graphics
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Oct 21 00:31 math
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Oct 21 01:22 net
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Oct 21 00:31 news
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Oct 21 00:31 shells
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Oct 21 00:31 sound
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Oct 21 01:22 text
src:/packages/linux/debian> dir debian-current
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 11 Sep 29 07:06 debian-current ->
debian-0.93
src:/packages/linux/debian> dir debian-current/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 11 Sep 29 07:06 debian-current/ ->
debian-0.93
src:/packages/linux/debian> dir debian-current/.
total 1743
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 512 Oct 21 00:39 .
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 1024 Oct 21 01:22 ..
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 1617986 Oct 20 07:50 Contents
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 134339 Oct 20 07:50 Contents.gz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 15 Oct 1 03:41 Packages ->
binary/Packages
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 9 Jun 9 07:16 binary -> ../binary
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 512 Oct 12 00:49 disks
drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 512 Oct 21 00:39 ms-dos
drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 512 Oct 10 00:33 source
src:/packages/linux/debian> quit
-chiark:~>
