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uwolfer

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Registered: 2006-02-27

Posts: 46

New Archlinux mirror in Switzerland and updated mirror list

Hi all

There is a new arch mirror located in Switzerland:

ftp://archlinux.puzzle.ch/

Update: each hour.

Thanks to Puzzle ITC [ http://puzzle.ch/ ] for providing the mirror. After my
request for an arch mirror in Switzerland, they agreed to provide one.

I've created an updated mirror list in the wiki:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mirrors
Please update the list if possible.

See also this bug:
http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/4631

byte

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From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 2,046

Re: New Archlinux mirror in Switzerland and updated mirror list

Puzzle, fine, and even with hourly syncs. They supply a SF.net download mirror, so mirroring Arch shouldn't be a problem I guess.

Also, take a look at http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/4633 ... he makes some good points there.

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Sigi

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From: Thurgau, Switzerland

Registered: 2005-09-22

Posts: 1,131

Re: New Archlinux mirror in Switzerland and updated mirror list

thanks a lot uwolver

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jakob

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From: Berlin

Registered: 2005-10-27

Posts: 430

Re: New Archlinux mirror in Switzerland and updated mirror list

I just did a pacman -Syu with this new server (having done a psyu with hosteurope.de 2 hours ago) and I see that some packages that are installed at my system are newer than on the repo. So hosteurope is at least this time faster then puzzle.. let's see how this developes

Sigi

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From: Thurgau, Switzerland

Registered: 2005-09-22

Posts: 1,131

Re: New Archlinux mirror in Switzerland and updated mirror list

I also tried the mirror a few hours ago and it is outdated at least 4 hours. I'll give it a further try in a few days.

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uwolfer

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Registered: 2006-02-27

Posts: 46

Re: New Archlinux mirror in Switzerland and updated mirror list

I also tried the mirror a few hours ago and it is outdated at least 4 hours. I'll give it a further try in a few days.

There was a problem with the sync. It should work now

Sigi

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From: Thurgau, Switzerland

Registered: 2005-09-22

Posts: 1,131

Re: New Archlinux mirror in Switzerland and updated mirror list

Great, thanks a lot uwolver!

OT: Where are you from? Can I assume that you are swiss?

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uwolfer

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Registered: 2006-02-27

Posts: 46

Re: New Archlinux mirror in Switzerland and updated mirror list

Great, thanks a lot uwolver!

uwolfer

OT: Where are you from? Can I assume that you are swiss?

You can. I life in the same canton as you

Sigi

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From: Thurgau, Switzerland

Registered: 2005-09-22

Posts: 1,131

Re: New Archlinux mirror in Switzerland and updated mirror list

Great, thanks a lot uwolver!

uwolfer

oops, sorry mate  :oops:

The puzzle mirror was a good idea and has a great response time. (and is up to date now!)

Cheers Sigi

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tezem

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Registered: 2004-11-04

Posts: 51

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Re: New Archlinux mirror in Switzerland and updated mirror list

thank you very much, exactly the server I searched for!

Sigi

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From: Thurgau, Switzerland

Registered: 2005-09-22

Posts: 1,131

Re: New Archlinux mirror in Switzerland and updated mirror list

hm, seems like the sync problems of the puzzle mirror persist.

Cheers Sigi

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uwolfer

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Registered: 2006-02-27

Posts: 46

Re: New Archlinux mirror in Switzerland and updated mirror list

hm, seems like the sync problems of the puzzle mirror persist.

Cheers Sigi

Unfortunately yes. I've just contacted the. I hope we'll get soon a updated mirror. The speed is very good

UPDATE: I've just got an answer: there is a problem with cron. this is the errormessage:

/var/log/messages

May 26 22:39:01 archlinux crond[26004]: Cannot make/remove an entry for the specified session

It would be great if someone can help

uwolfer

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Registered: 2006-02-27

Posts: 46

Re: New Archlinux mirror in Switzerland and updated mirror list

All problems are now solved. The server is now running fine!

Sync time should now be really each hour.

If you find any problems, please contact me ASAP.

ftp://archlinux.puzzle.ch/
http://archlinux.puzzle.ch/

pebo

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Registered: 2007-09-13

Posts: 15

Re: New Archlinux mirror in Switzerland and updated mirror list

I don't know what happend but archlinux.puzzle.ch seems to be pretty slow these days. While I got ~ 2.4MB/s before, now I get about 150KB/s. I'm sitting in ZH-city and my router is connected to Cablecom.

BTW: Has archlinux.worldweb2000.com something to do with puzzle.ch? pacman connects there everytime I sync my packages..

# pacman.conf

[options]
SyncFirst   = pacman
HoldPkg     = pacman glibc
IgnorePkg   = dbus dbus-glib hal hal-info abiword
IgnorePkg   = rxvt-unicode libtorrent aspell vlc inkscape

[core]
Server = ftp://archlinux.puzzle.ch/core/os/i686
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
Server = ftp://archlinux.puzzle.ch/extra/os/i686
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[community]
Server = ftp://archlinux.puzzle.ch/community/os/i686
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[unstable]
Server = ftp://archlinux.puzzle.ch/unstable/os/i686
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

byte

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From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 2,046

Re: New Archlinux mirror in Switzerland and updated mirror list

$ host archlinux.puzzle.ch
archlinux.puzzle.ch is an alias for archlinux.worldweb2000.com.
archlinux.worldweb2000.com has address 195.141.111.17

Got no problems so far with Puzzle, but there weren't any large pkgs to install or upgrade in the last few days.
By the way, I have been using HTTP mirrors ever since Pacman 3 was released.

Last edited by byte (2008-09-05 01:16:07)

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Arkane

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From: Switzerland

Registered: 2008-02-18

Posts: 263

Re: New Archlinux mirror in Switzerland and updated mirror list

I haven't been using Puzzle recently, but have always gotten very dissatisfying speeds when I tried downloading from them (both SF.net and Arch).

(For the record, I'm usually in Neuchâtel or at the University of Fribourg)

Last edited by Arkane (2008-09-05 08:44:05)

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pebo

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Registered: 2007-09-13

Posts: 15

Re: New Archlinux mirror in Switzerland and updated mirror list

It seems better today..

$ sudo pacman -Sw jre
resolving dependencies...

Targets (1): jre-6u7-1  

Total Download Size:    36.73 MB
Total Installed Size:   103.31 MB

Proceed with download? [Y/n] 
:: Retrieving packages from extra...
 jre-6u7-1-i686            36.7M 1332.3K/s 00:00:28 [##############################...

Are there any other swiss mirrors around?