anyone have a stable ubuntu 12.04 apt-mirror near (sprint/ntt) ashburn i
can abuse lightly?
randy
i think the mirror i used to run is still there...
ftp://mirrors.supsec.org/pub/linux/ubuntu/dists/precise
possibly also:
http://ubuntu.supsec.org/dists/precise (this seems to wrok fine for me as well)
-chris
{{{
$apt-get install libsm6
...
After this operation, 717 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
x11-common libice6 libsm6
Install these packages without verification [y/N]?
}}}
hmmmmm. ft meade can't even hack the checksums?
randy
possibly the mirror is just misbehaving 
it's been a while since i
ran it, so I'm honestly not sure what's going on with it these days.
-chris
My suggestion is to use http://http.debian.net/debian as your source. It uses geo thingie to figure out the closest mirror to you.
Code is on github if you're interested in how it works.
https://github.com/rgeissert/http-redirector
Ubuntu != Debian
Ubuntu != Debian
Apparently mirrors.ubuntu.com picks a mirror based on geographical location using lines like this:
deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise main restricted universe multiverse
deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise-security main restricted universe multiverse
I'm not sure how good it is at picking a mirror though. ubuntu seems to make a mess of the sources.list
file and makes it scary to change. I always leave it with the mirror I chose during install.
This:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SourcesList
Says you can pick "Select Best Server" from a menu. That would probably work okay if it's not a headless box.
there's also the unfortunate case of: "My traffic to the selected
mirror is over the 'expensive' transit port, why can't I use my SFP's
mirror over there on the left?"
setting the mirror to a specific one means some fragility, but
determinism is nice.
i gave up and put up my own freeping ubuntu apt-mirror
randy