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AIX 3.2 client code - mirror?

1996-09-24 11:19:03
Subject: AIX 3.2 client code - mirror?
From: Richard Sims <rbs AT BU DOT EDU>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 11:19:03 -0400
In approaching downloading of the latest ADSM client code for
AIX 3.2 I took a look at what is on the IBM site, which is:

-rw-r--r--   1 221      204        63838 Sep 17 00:40 
aix32.v2r1m5.IP20847.README
-rw-r--r--   1 221      204         1318 Sep 17 00:39 
aix32.v2r1m5.IP20847.README.ftp
-rw-r--r--   1 221      204         1318 Sep 17 00:39 
aix32.v2r1m5.IP20847.README.ftp
-rw-r--r--   1 221      204      49100800 Sep 18 01:42 aix32.v2r1m5.IP20847.smit
-rw-r--r--   1 221      204      49100800 Sep 18 01:42 aix32.v2r1m5.IP20847.smit
I then had a look at the ftp.cac.psu.edu mirror site, which has:
I then had a look at the ftp.cac.psu.edu mirror site, which has:

-r--r--r--   1 100      1027          405 Jun 17 21:22 .message
-r--r--r--   1 100      1027         1318 Aug 30 19:34 
aix32.v2r1m5.IP20847.README.ftp
-r--r--r--   1 100      1027         1318 Aug 30 19:34 
aix32.v2r1m5.IP20847.README.ftp
-r--r--r--   1 100      1027     36659200 Aug 30 12:29 aix32.v2r1m5.IP20847.smit
-r--r--r--   1 100      1027     36659200 Aug 30 12:29 aix32.v2r1m5.IP20847.smit
Customers depending upon mirror sites seem to be missing something...
Customers depending upon mirror sites seem to be missing something...
over 12 MB.  This is why I don't trust mirror sites, and have been
looking to IBM to improve the access to their authoritative site so
that it doesn't take 26 hours to download a fix file like this.

     Richard Sims, Boston University OIT
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