From owner-freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 28 07:28:11 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D59737B401 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2003 07:28:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from arthur.nitro.dk (port324.ds1-khk.adsl.cybercity.dk [212.242.113.79]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05D2D43F75 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2003 07:28:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from simon@arthur.nitro.dk) Received: by arthur.nitro.dk (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5DF3C10BFA8; Mon, 28 Jul 2003 16:28:08 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 16:28:08 +0200 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" To: Ken Smith Message-ID: <20030728142808.GB849@FreeBSD.org> References: <20030727192724.GA10869@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> <20030727200640.GA387@FreeBSD.org> <20030727202228.GC11351@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="PmA2V3Z32TCmWXqI" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030727202228.GC11351@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Mirror Site Requirements - Final Draft? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Distributions Hubs: mail sup ftp List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 14:28:11 -0000 --PmA2V3Z32TCmWXqI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2003.07.27 16:22:28 -0400, Ken Smith wrote: > On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 10:06:42PM +0200, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > > On 2003.07.27 15:27:24 -0400, Ken Smith wrote: > > > 4) Directory archive sits in is /pub/FreeBSD. > >=20 > > At least ftp9.freebsd.org doesn't do this... Is it that important, since > > the FreeBSD mirror directory is mentioned in the Handbook? > >=20 > > I can see the benefit for users from having all mirrors having the > > /pub/FreeBSD directory, but some large mirrors might like to subdivide > > their mirrors and it would be a shame to disqualify them on this reason > > alone. >=20 > I inherited that requirement from the existing docs so I don't know > exactly what prompted it as a requirement. I *think* it has to > do with sysinstall in install-via-ftp mode but that's just a guess. > Does anyone else know for sure? I just did a quick check in the sysinstall source, and it appears like you are right. From what I can see sysinstall does require the files to be in pub/FreeBSD... Sorry about the noice. --=20 Simon L. Nielsen New PGP key 0x27359A51 Fingerprint: 912B F341 7E90 2049 05B4 3800 87DA 5C0D 2735 9A51 --PmA2V3Z32TCmWXqI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/JTL4h9pcDSc1mlERArVBAKCxAd2MGQ0KCferg+yImWbhO0Nt0QCffLfh cFXFbdI/XEU283fOxqEukws= =Z/1/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --PmA2V3Z32TCmWXqI--