Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:03:21 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: mwisnicki+freebsd@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange contents on some ftp mirrors Message-ID: <4c4fac09.Kkzz6V/G5TxaiQAZ%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <i2na4v$f3c$1@dough.gmane.org> References: <i2na4v$f3c$1@dough.gmane.org>
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Marcin Wisnicki <mwisnicki+freebsd@gmail.com> wrote: > At this very moment, french package mirror has INDEX newer than in > other mirrors: > ... > > yet it does not have those packages. > > How could something like this happen ? By being examined while a resync was in process: evidently the new INDEX file had been transferred but that package file (and likely others) were still in transit or perhaps not even started yet. Mirroring is not an instantaneous process.
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