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Date:      Wed, 28 Jun 1995 22:35:58 -0700
From:      Gary Palmer <gpalmer@westhill.cdrom.com>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freebsd.org>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Rude shock with U.K. mirrors 
Message-ID:  <21971.804404158@westhill.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 29 Jun 1995 05:51:59 BST." <199506290451.FAA04975@whisker.internet-eireann.ie> 

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In message <199506290451.FAA04975@whisker.internet-eireann.ie>, "Jordan K. Hubb
ard" writes:
>	1. ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/BSD/FreeBSD does not contain 2.0.5.

I'll poke the ftp guys - i've dealt with them before.

>	2. unix.hensa.ac.uk/pub/walnut.creek/FreeBSD doesn't exist.

It's `/mirrors/walnut.creek'. Does our MIRROR.LIST really say /pub? Oops.

>	3. src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/unix/FreeBSD couldn't be verified; it's
>	   dead at the moment.

src.doc is dead? That's bad. It's like the main ftp server in the UK :-(

>This is all rather sad.  Is there nothing we can do to perhaps increase
>the level of support in the U.K.?  With 2 core team members either in
>or from that country, it even seems a tad embarassing! :(

unix.hensa want' mirroring us at all until I started poking around,
and the last time I spoke to the ftp.demon guys there was a mirror
script running... :-(

It's not for lack of trying :-(

Gary




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