On Sat, 20 Sep 2003, Shachar Shemesh wrote:

> 1. I just checked, and they seem 100% up to date. They actually have a
> newer timestamp than ibilio's (though that may be due to time zone
> differences).

No they are not.

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake/Mandrake/updates/9.1/RPMS/

contains an openssh package while:

http://mirror.hamakor.org.il/pub/mirrors/Mandrake/updates/9.1/RPMS/

does not.

Also at:

http://mirror.hamakor.org.il/pub/mirrors/Mandrake/updates/9.1/base/

the files date at 19-Aug, while at:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake/Mandrake/updates/9.1/base/

they date at 18-Sep.

> 2. mirror.hamakor.org.il/pub/mirrors/Mandrake is no longer the official
> local mirror. We'll delete it real soon now. The official mirror (as can
> be seen by going to http://mirror.hamakor.org.il) is at iglu.

OK, I have been using Hamakor as the source for my updates and packages
due to the fact that IGLU is so damn slow. So now, I might have to switch
to an international mirror until the problems in iglu are resolved.

> 3. Please direct questions regarding mirror.hamakor.org.il to Oleg's
> address, as given in the http://mirror.hamakor.org.il home page.
>

OK.

Regards,

        Shlomi Fish

>          Shachar
>
> Shlomi Fish wrote:
>
> >The Mandrake Updates for Mandrake 9.1 are out of date. Compare:
> >
> >http://mirror.hamakor.org.il/pub/mirrors/Mandrake/updates/9.1/base/
> >
> >and
> >
> >http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake/Mandrake/updates/9.1/base/
> >
> >It seems that they are about a month old.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >     Shlomi Fish
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Shachar Shemesh
> Open Source integration consultant
> Home page & resume - http://www.shemesh.biz/
>
>



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