Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] Re: which mirror does emerge --sync chose? and why?
Date:	Wed, 27 Dec 2006 11:29:05
Message-Id:	`20061227111648.464db6de@krikkit.digimed.co.uk`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-user] Re: which mirror does emerge --sync chose? and why? by "Sven Köhler"

1	On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 23:50:14 +0100, Sven Köhler wrote:
2
3	> execute "rsync rsync.gentoo.org::" for a few times. I always see the
4	> banner message of owl.gentoo.org, and no other.
5	>
6	> That is STRANGE!
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8	The resolver is caching the result of looking up rsync.gentoo.org. Until
9	that expires, which depends on the TTL setting on the DNS server, you
10	will always get the same IP address for rsync.gentoo.org.
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13	--
14	Neil Bothwick
15
16	Captain, I believe there's an energy source in the liver of the cloud.

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