Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 13:40:15 -0700 From: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com> To: hubs@freebsd.org Subject: Heads up on 4.3-RELEASE on "ftp.freebsd.org" Message-ID: <20010421134015J.jkh@osd.bsdi.com>
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Dear mirrors, The 4.3-RELEASE bits are currently in the process of uploading to ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ and should be done in the next couple of hours. As of now, we have the full i386 "ftp bits" on the site and the i386 ISO image is on its way over. The alpha "ftp bits" are also currently copying to the site, though the alpha ISO image may take another day or so to produce - I'm still waiting for the packages. What is probably most important to know right now, however, is the fact that "ftp.freebsd.org" is currently pointing to usw3.freebsd.org, also known as stable.freebsd.org and releng4.freebsd.org. The machine ftp.freesoftware.com has been taken down by Lightning Internet and there is no immediate ETA on its revival, so this is just a short-term measure to get the 4.3 bits out the door. More importantly, it also means that for right now, older releases are not on the site and that the pub/FreeBSD directory also contains the -stable snapshots. This means that you should NOT simply blindly mirror ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ with the delete option on (in which case you'll lose all the older releases) or fail to exclude the snapshots directory unless you actually want all those snapshots on your mirror. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, but this happened with literally no warning so a painless transition simply wasn't an option for us. Had I known in advance, I would have made stable.freebsd.org a full FTP mirror before adding the 4.3-RELEASE bits to it. For now, I think it's best to simply regard "ftp.freebsd.org" as a place to get 4.3 from and nothing else. Once ftp.freesoftware.com comes back up, all the bits will be recombined there again. Thanks, - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hubs" in the body of the message
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