Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 09:20:44 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Incredibly slow mirror site Message-ID: <E975C91E04A724860CD8749D@utd59514.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <1159954173.25828.2.camel@localhost> References: <4256BB8CAC97017A8BF293DE@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <20061003225950.GA53790@icarus.home.lan> <4522F7C7.7090705@rogers.com> <1159954173.25828.2.camel@localhost>
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--==========34DE35F0EDCB8BFB51B1========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On Wednesday, October 04, 2006 10:29:33 +0100 Florent Thoumie=20 <flz@xbsd.org> wrote: >> >> The problem i think is that many ports with multiple mirrors will use >> mirrors from 3rd world countries first, and the mirrors with real >> bandwidth will always be last on the list. Can anyone explain to me why >> that is? Doesn't it make more sense to try the fastest one first? > > Belgium =3D=3D Third world? Now that's new :-) I don't know about that, but that site is unbelieveably slow, and it=20 appears to be the first choice for all kde downloads. I'm thinking there=20 must be something wrong, because kde upgrades have worked fine in the past. I wonder if there's a way to add code to the ports stuff that checks=20 download speed and aborts if it's below some configurable number and tries=20 the next site in the list? Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========34DE35F0EDCB8BFB51B1==========--
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