Re: Using netselect, a list of mirrors
Wayne Topa <wtopa@dmcom.net> writes:
> Ron Johnson(ron.l.johnson@cox.net) is reported to have said:
> >
> > >
> > > Try apt-spy instead...
> >
> > A little cut-and-paste, python and vim produced a nice list for
> > netselect. Too bad the fastest mirrors don't work or are way
> > out of date...
> >
> > I am, however, installing apt-spy.
> >
>
> I tried that. Got a bunch of really fast Mirrors, that were not up to
> date, at best, or just didn't work. Went back to what I started with,
> after purging apt-spy.
Personally, I just stick with http://http.us.debian.org. Every mirror
I've tried has been unreliable and almost always broken (the packages
list is never in sync with the available packages). Apparently
running rsync is a difficult task to master.
--
Brian Nelson <nelson@bignachos.com>
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