Fwd: cdimage.debian.org presents different faces for "ftp" and "http" access

[Rick Thomas <rbthomas55@pobox.com>]

Rick Thomas wrote:

> From: Rick Thomas <rbthomas55@pobox.com>
> Date: October 25, 2006 8:44:01 PM EDT
> To: Installer Debian <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>, debian- 
> user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: cdimage.debian.org presents different faces for "ftp" and  
> "http" access
>
> Pointing my browser at
>    <http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch- 
> latest/powerpc/iso-cd/>
> redirects me to
>    <http://ftp.acc.umu.se/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/ 
> powerpc/iso-cd/>
> which contains
> > Index of /cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/powerpc/iso-cd
> >
> > Icon  Name                                             Last  
> > modified      Size  [DIR] Parent  
> > Directory                                                      -
> > [   ] MD5SUMS                                          22-Oct-2006  
> > 04:02  143
> > [   ] debian-testing-powerpc-businesscard.iso          22-Oct-2006  
> > 04:00   54M
> > [   ] debian-testing-powerpc-businesscard.iso.zsync    22-Oct-2006  
> > 04:00  190K
> > [   ] debian-testing-powerpc-netinst.iso               22-Oct-2006  
> > 04:01  166M
> > [   ] debian-testing-powerpc-netinst.iso.zsync         22-Oct-2006  
> > 04:02  292K
> >
> > Apache/2.2.3 (Unix) Server at ftp.acc.umu.se Port 80
>
>
> but pointing my browser at
>    <ftp://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/ 
> powerpc/iso-cd/>
> which contains
> > Index of ftp://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch- 
> > latest/powerpc/iso-cd/
> > Up to higher level directory
> > File: MD5SUMS 						1 KB 		10/25/06	3:53:00 AM
> > File: debian-testing-powerpc-businesscard.iso 		55596 KB 	10/25/06  
> > 	3:51:00 AM
> > File: debian-testing-powerpc-businesscard.iso.zsync 	191 KB 		 
> > 10/25/06 	3:51:00 AM
> > File: debian-testing-powerpc-netinst.iso 		170560 KB 	10/25/06 	 
> > 3:53:00 AM
> > File: debian-testing-powerpc-netinst.iso.zsync 		292 KB 		10/25/06  
> > 	3:53:00 AM
>
> Note the difference in dates of the .iso files...
>
> Something strange is happening.  Is it a Halloween prank?
>
> Rick



On Oct 25, 2006, at 9:45 PM, Frans Pop wrote:
> On Thursday 26 October 2006 02:44, Rick Thomas wrote:
> > Pointing my browser at
> >     <http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch- 
> > latest/
> > powerpc/iso-cd/>
> > redirects me to
> >     <http://ftp.acc.umu.se/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/
> > powerpc/iso-cd/>
>
> [...]
>
> > Note the difference in dates of the .iso files...
>
> The images are different too as the MD5SUM files can tell you.
>
> > Something strange is happening.  Is it a Halloween prank?
>
> Looks like the ftp server already has the new images that have only  
> just
> been built and the http server still needs to be synced.
>
> If the difference is still there in a few hours, please mail to the
> debian-cd list to report the issue.


I don't think it's a slow sync.   It's now three hours after I posted  
the original question, and the problem persists.  Also, note that the  
dates of the files are three days apart.

"Curiouser and curiouser" cried Alice...

Rick