Alan Lord wrote these words on 01/15/07 14:08 CST: > Just in case it wasn't known, the sourceforge thing now let's you set a > preference for your download "home" and I think it stores it as a cookie > on your browser - so you only need to set it up once.
Actually, there are no browser settings at all. The procedure for downloading has changed so that a geographically nearby mirror is automatically chosen. You won't always get the same mirror due to load balancing on Sourceforge's part. So, that said, no explanation in the book about the mirrors is really even necessary. I'm simply going to change everything from 'prdownloads' to 'downloads' (using 'downloads' eliminates one step of opening the projects download page, the file still automatically downloads, but changing it saves lots of time on the transfer). Setting it up so that the same mirror is always chosen is easy, but it requires you to log in to the Sourceforge network. Big hassle. Read all about it at: http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=1071&group_id=1 -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.26] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6] [Linux 2.6.14.3 i686] 16:48:00 up 5 days, 17:02, 1 user, load average: 0.24, 0.10, 0.11 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
