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Re: [lmi] Use a different Cygwin mirror
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Greg Chicares |
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Re: [lmi] Use a different Cygwin mirror |
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Fri, 24 Jul 2015 01:35:45 +0000 |
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On 2015-07-23 14:50, Vadim Zeitlin wrote:
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> As explained at http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/ this mirror is not available
[...]
> I've verified that http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin/ works
> fine so you could just replace ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/cygwin/ with
> this URL to fix the problem.
Changed 20150724T0121Z, revision 6219.
> I chose this mirror from the list at
> https://cygwin.com/mirrors.html because it seems unlikely to cease
> operating any time soon
That was my rationale for choosing anl.gov originally. But mirroring free
software is closer to kernel.org's mission.
> (and if kernel.org does go down, we might have
> worse problems than not being able to install lmi), but it is almost
> certainly not be the fastest one for you, considering that it is located
> right across the country in California.
Good choice. Anyone who cares more about speed than long-term availability
can override this choice manually.