Re: Broken GCC mirror sites

[Gerald Pfeifer <gerald at pfeifer dot com>]

On Thu, 6 May 2010, Krzysztof ?elechowski wrote:
> Regarding your page "GCC mirror sites" 
> <URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/mirrors.html>:
> 
> * <URL:ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/languages/gcc/> is empty.
> * <URL:ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/gcc/> is broken.
> * <URL:http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/pub/gnu/mirror/gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc> is 
> broken.

As others have indicated, the first two mirrors just work fine.  And
ftp://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/gnu/mirror/gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc is the URL
for the third, which is different from what you have listed.

That said, you have a good point in that we need to check our mirrors
(which I am doing on a monthly base to some extent), and I'm applying
the patch below to better support that.

Gerald

Index: mirrors.html
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RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/mirrors.html,v
retrieving revision 1.196
diff -u -3 -p -r1.196 mirrors.html
--- mirrors.html	30 Apr 2010 13:34:40 -0000	1.196
+++ mirrors.html	9 May 2010 19:53:03 -0000
@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@ Key fingerprint = 33C2 35A3 4C46 AA3F FB
 <p>If you wish to host a new mirror site, please contact
 <a href="mailto:gcc@gcc.gnu.org";>gcc@gcc.gnu.org</a>.  Include the
 URL of the gcc.gnu.org mirror area, the country/city where the mirror
-is located, and the e-mail address and name, if appropriate, of a
-contact for that mirror.</p>
+is located, and a contact e-mail address (and name if appropriate).
+If you limit access to your mirror ensure the gcc.gnu.org subnet is
+granted access in any case.</p>
 
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