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Date:      Mon, 8 Nov 2010 22:39:49 +0100
From:      Torfinn Ingolfsen <tingox@gmail.com>
To:        FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: /pub or not /pub
Message-ID:  <AANLkTimK4wJUAzQFwRcQYDj%2BbBJsv6ahgFnBqZcjn675@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4CD16FCA.9000700@bsdforen.de>
References:  <4CD16FCA.9000700@bsdforen.de>

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IMHO, if a site claim to be a mirror, they should follow the structure of
the original site. For FreeBSD ftp mirrors, that means /pub/FreeBSD etc.
If they provide a /FreeBSD that one should be a link to /pub/FreeBSD and so
on.

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de>wrote:

> It has come to my attention that a lot of FTP mirrors have their
> FreeBSD data under /FreeBSD instead of /pub/FreeBSD.
>
> Which version is recommended and used to create PACKAGESITE from
> PACKAGEROOT?
>
> Regards
>
> --
> A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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-- 
mvh
Torfinn



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