mirror site directory layout doesn't match OpenBSD web pages?

2005-09-11 Thread Jonathan Thornburg 

Hi,

I've just discovered that the directory layout on  ftp.de.openbsd.org
doesn't match that described by the Very Fine OpenBSD Web Pages.

To wit,  http://www.openbsd.org/ftp.html  suggests that I should look
under   /pub/OpenBSD/  .  However, ftp.de.openbsd.org doesn't seem to
have any such directory/symlink -- OpenBSD lives over in /unix/OpenBSD/ .

Is this a bug in the web pages, a bug in the mirror setup, or a bug in
my understanding?

ciao,

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Re: mirror site directory layout doesn't match OpenBSD web pages?

2005-09-11 Thread Heiko Schlichting 
 On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 01:16:19PM +0200, Jonathan Thornburg wrote:
  Hi,
  
  I've just discovered that the directory layout on  ftp.de.openbsd.org
  doesn't match that described by the Very Fine OpenBSD Web Pages.
  
  To wit,  http://www.openbsd.org/ftp.html  suggests that I should look
  under   /pub/OpenBSD/  .  However, ftp.de.openbsd.org doesn't seem to
  have any such directory/symlink -- OpenBSD lives over in /unix/OpenBSD/ .
  
  Is this a bug in the web pages, a bug in the mirror setup, or a bug in
  my understanding?
  
 
 it's the traditional directory layout of ftp.fu-berlin.de (Freie
 Universitaet Berlin). you could send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and
 ask them about a pub/ directory (at least a symlink to unix/) to fit
 other international mirrors... and that's not only for the OpenBSD
 mirror.

The link for pub to . on ftp.fu-berlin.de exists for many years - but
pub is intentionally invisible to not confuse the users. Try it, it just
works.

But I agree that this is not the optimal solution for the OpenBSD mirror.
We'll find a way to support OpenBSD disk layout and our traditional
directory structure simultaneously without any hassle for the user. Using
the already existing virtual server openbsd.ftp.fu-berlin.de instead of our
general purpuse server ftp.fu-berlin.de brings additional advantages as
only OpenBSD software is offered via this system. As we do some major
hardware and router updates today, please hold on until tomorrow.

Thanks for bringing forward this issue.

Heiko

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