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On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 03:34:09AM +0200, Jesper Wallin wrote:
> Hello..
>=20
> I've noticed a delay between when the security advisories are sent and
> when the cvsup servers, ftp mirrors and web mirrors are updated. Is this
> delay on purpose to give the users some time to update/patch their
> system(s) before it hit pages like bugtraq, etc.. or is it just a caused
> by the delay between when the ftp/cvsup servers are synced?

The mirrors are updated automatically, i.e. on a regular schedule
determined by their individual administrators.  They're not resynched
specially when a security advisory is released.

Kris
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