RE: [PHP-DEV] Download mirrors lagging behind

Hello! Indeed it works like this: wget "http://php.net/get/php-5.4.9.tar.gz/from/this/mirror" --2012-11-24 21:36:28-- http://php.net/get/php-5.4.9.tar.gz/from/this/mirror Resolving php.net... 69.147.83.199 Connecting to php.net|69.147.83.199|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: http://si1.php.net/get/php-5.4.9.tar.gz/from/this/mirror [following] --2012-11-24 21:36:32-- http://si1.php.net/get/php-5.4.9.tar.gz/from/this/mirror Resolving si1.php.net... 193.9.21.50 Connecting to si1.php.net|193.9.21.50|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: http://si1.php.net/distributions/php-5.4.9.tar.gz [following] --2012-11-24 21:36:32-- http://si1.php.net/distributions/php-5.4.9.tar.gz Connecting to si1.php.net|193.9.21.50|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 14051680 (13M) [application/x-gzip] And request for file that does not exists also produces 404 error: wget "http://si1.php.net/get/php-5.4.10.tar.gz/from/this/mirror" --2012-11-24 21:36:58-- http://si1.php.net/get/php-5.4.10.tar.gz/from/this/mirror Resolving si1.php.net... 193.9.21.50 Connecting to si1.php.net|193.9.21.50|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 2012-11-24 21:36:58 ERROR 404: Not Found. I've also added (hopefuly) the correct php mirrors mailing address so this conversation will properly be forwarded also to PHP Mirrors mailing list. Kind regards, Dejan Markic -----Original Message----- From: Hannes Magnusson [mailto:hannes.magnusson@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 9:26 PM To: Bostjan Skufca Cc: mirror@php.net; Dejan Markic Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Download mirrors lagging behind On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Bostjan Skufca <bostjan@a2o.si> wrote: > > On 23 November 2012 18:27, Hannes Magnusson > <hannes.magnusson@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 5:40 AM, Bostjan Skufca <bostjan@a2o.si> wrote: > >> > 2. Also, when release it not found on the mirror, 200 OK is >> > returned, leading installation software to think that archive was >> > downloaded sucessfully (fails with md5 or gunzip later on though). >> >> >> If you open up the file you'll see this is the mirror selection page. >> You can pick which mirror you want to download from. > > > These give quite different output: > http://si1.php.net/get/php-5.4.9.tar.gz/from/a/mirror > http://uk.php.net/get/php-5.4.9.tar.gz/from/a/mirror > (the later displays mirror selection page, the former do not) What did the first one return? Since the mirror didn't have the file at the time, I believe it may have given you back "this file doesn't exists on this mirror" page? >> We haven't changed this for years so this method of fetching >> "/from/a/mirror" has never resulted in getting the actual archive.. >> You need to "/from/*this*/mirror" or "/from/[XXX].php.net/mirror" > > > Ok, I see. > > Is there any generic URI that will forward to the closest mirror > automatically, based on client's IP? Something I can use on servers > all over the world that will give me the (presumably) fastest > download, based on my geolocation and actual mirror list? $ wget http://php.net/get/php-5.4.9.tar.gz/from/this/mirror The www mirror should refuse to serve this request and redirect you to the nearest mirror based on your ip and download the file from that one. -Hannes