Re: ftp.kernel.org

[Chris Shoemaker]

On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 09:41:38AM +0100, Mark Watts wrote:
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> > On Thu, 27 May 2004, Martin J. Bligh wrote:
> > >They switched to vsftpd very recently ... presumably then.
> >
> > That would explain it.  The default is to turn it off.
> >
> > >Why would you mirror via ftp, instead of rsync anyway?
> >
> > I have more control with mirror.  And I've been using mirror for
> > *ahem* a decade.  I've been using rsync for mirroring debian, but
> > it's slow and often fails to complete.  Mirror has never let me
> > down ('tho it has deleted entire archives before *grin*)
> 
> Agreed - fmirror is so much more reliable than rsync (imho) that it makes 
> rsync into a worst-case option for retrieving files.
> 

  bug reports to rsync@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are appreciated...

-chris

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