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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] mirrors (was: tree has no patch log for version)
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Robert Anderson |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] mirrors (was: tree has no patch log for version) |
Date: |
13 Sep 2003 14:13:02 -0700 |
On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 14:02, Dustin Sallings wrote:
>
> On Saturday, Sep 13, 2003, at 07:33 US/Pacific, Mark A. Flacy wrote:
>
> > The really short answer is "mirrors are read-only".
> >
> > I don't remember when the change was added that enforced that little
> > detail. What version of tla are you using?
>
> OK, that's cool. I did notice after I sent this mail that the commit
> did indeed fail (though it wasn't obvious that it was read-only). I'm
> running dists--release-tla--1.1--patch-5
>
> I also confirmed that did not break my original archive...I screwed
> around in my .arch-params directory and got it working happily again.
>
> I am curious, though...what is the point of mirrors?
You know the mirrors of the kernel source, the GNU tools, etc? It's
like that.
Typically, a mirror distributes bandwidth usage or moves bandwidth usage
onto a more capable line.
It can also serve the purpose of making all or some of an archive
publicly available, by mirroring out to a reachable host (as opposed to,
say, a home computer on a modem with no hostname).
Bob
- [Gnu-arch-users] tree has no patch log for version, Dustin Sallings, 2003/09/13
- [Gnu-arch-users] tree has no patch log for version, Mark A. Flacy, 2003/09/13
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] mirrors (was: tree has no patch log for version), Dustin Sallings, 2003/09/13
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] mirrors (was: tree has no patch log for version), Robert Anderson, 2003/09/13
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] mirrors (was: tree has no patch log for version), Dustin Sallings, 2003/09/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] mirrors, Damien Elmes, 2003/09/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] mirrors, Dustin Sallings, 2003/09/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] mirrors, Zack Brown, 2003/09/14
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] tree has no patch log for version, Robert Anderson, 2003/09/13