On 7/4/05, Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 08:05:21PM +0200, Olaf van der Spek wrote: > > > True. But for example, is the current apt-get capable of contacting > > another mirror if and only if the primary fails? > > For package downloads apt will try the sources in the order listed in > sources.list, only trying subsequent ones if the first fails. For > Packages downloads all the mirrors are hit each time, which is needed > anyway to handle the case where a mirror is serving files but not > updating.
I don't think it's needed anyway. Especially if you increase the number of mirrors to ensure always at least one is up.
