On 1/27/08, Gerhard Brauer <gerhard.brauer@xxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > i'm working on a script to check the sync status of the mirrors. > Actually i use ftp.archlinux.org as a reference but Pierre Schmitz point > to me that this is also only a mirror which must not be in sync. > > So is there a server (ftp or http) from where i could get the mtime, > size and the repository db file as a reference? > Pierre told me that he could run this script on his server, but for > testing and bugfixing ;-) i need a reliable source. At the moment it > seems i got too many false positives... no. there is not a publicly accessible location of the repo db file other than mirror servers. ftp.archlinux.org is the best candidate. the two servers (round robin dns for ftp.archlinux.org) synchronize approximately every hour.
