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Ubuntu zfsbootmenu install script
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Ubuntu mirrors.txt only ever has one entry #52

Closed andrewvaughan closed 4 months ago

andrewvaughan commented 4 months ago

Similar to the discussion here: https://github.com/jblakeman/apt-select/issues/62

I'm unsure the reason, but the mirrors.txt file that this project uses to lookup faster alternatives for mirroring packages only has a single entry, the default archive, making the entire mirror lookup process a noop:

http://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt

My initial presumption was that Ubuntu is improving their edge-serving capability to reduce the need for mirrors; however, entries like this still exist:

http://mirrors.ubuntu.com/US.txt

It may be worth looking into why this is the case, but FYI that the script doesn't perform the way expected, at the moment, due to this.

Sithuk commented 4 months ago

I noticed the issue in my recent testing. mirrors.ubuntu.com was working until relatively recently. I've created a thread on the ubuntu forums, but no one has explained whether the issue is a deprecation or a temporary issue that is in the process of being resolved. https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2498931

There is an alternative approach for mirrors that uses the following site, but I would need to find a way to quickly rank the approximate 500 entries. https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archivemirrors

Sithuk commented 4 months ago

I've updated the script to adapt to the changes upstream. https://github.com/Sithuk/ubuntu-server-zfsbootmenu/commit/2300dbafc3bf2be810cac31cba17525a1fbaa008