[lfs] 02/02: packages: update the text after ftp.gnu.org -> ftpmirror.gnu.org change
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This is an automated email from the git hooks/post-receive script. git pushed a commit to branch trunk in repository lfs. commit bdb1305eb2b5301092015f8ef6ff1f2c683e0c17 Author: Xi Ruoyao <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Tue Dec 23 11:08:58 2025 +0800 packages: update the text after ftp.gnu.org -> ftpmirror.gnu.org change --- chapter03/introduction.xml | 23 ++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/chapter03/introduction.xml b/chapter03/introduction.xml index 76394a3dc..38513d758 100644 --- a/chapter03/introduction.xml +++ b/chapter03/introduction.xml @@ -40,21 +40,22 @@ <important> <para> Listed on the next page are several important packages located at - ftp.gnu.org. That site is the canonical location of the - subject packages but has been affected by a long term - distributed denial of services (DDOS) attack. See + <uri>ftpmirror.gnu.org</uri>. The canonical location of the + subject packages are <uri>ftp.gnu.org</uri> but due to + a long term distributed denial of services (DDOS) attack the site + administrator suggested the LFS editors to use + <uri>ftpmirror.gnu.org</uri> instead. See <ulink url="https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/07/06/1737253/the-fsf-faces-active-ongoing-and-increasing-ddos-attacks">Slashdot News</ulink> for details. </para> <para> - An alternative for ftp.gnu.org is to use one of the mirrors for that - site. A list of mirrors is located at - <ulink url="https://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.en.html"/> - </para> - - <para> - If you choose to use the wget list described below, that file will - also need to be modified to use your desired mirror. + The <uri>ftpmirror.gnu.org</uri> URL actually redirects to one of the + mirrors of the <uri>ftp.gnu.org</uri> site. You may also select a + mirror manually instead of using <uri>ftpmirror.gnu.org</uri>. + A list of mirrors is located at + <ulink url="https://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.en.html"/>. + If you choose to use the wget list described below, that file also + can be modified to use your desired mirror. </para> </important> -- To stop receiving notification emails like this one, please contact the administrator of this repository. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/sympa/info/lfs-book Unsubscribe: See the above information page