Survey Of The FTP Mirrors

Simplifying assumptions

  • At the moment, only ftp*.FreeBSD.org are surveyed.
  • The datestamps on the various directories are used to track when an upload has happened. This saves a great deal of I/O time on the portsmon server.

With these, and the addition of a new database table, we are able to compare the mirrors.

Note: I am using ftp4.FreeBSD.org as the "canonical" site. It is on a rotor to show up as ftp.FreeBSD.org, and I need a single point of comparison, in case the two sites are out of sync.

I am working with the site maintainers to try to get all the sites in sync with the latest packages.