From bdb1305eb2b5301092015f8ef6ff1f2c683e0c17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Xi Ruoyao Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 11:08:58 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] 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 @@ 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 + ftpmirror.gnu.org. The canonical location of the + subject packages are ftp.gnu.org but due to + a long term distributed denial of services (DDOS) attack the site + administrator suggested the LFS editors to use + ftpmirror.gnu.org instead. See Slashdot News for details. - An alternative for ftp.gnu.org is to use one of the mirrors for that - site. A list of mirrors is located at - - - - - If you choose to use the wget list described below, that file will - also need to be modified to use your desired mirror. + The ftpmirror.gnu.org URL actually redirects to one of the + mirrors of the ftp.gnu.org site. You may also select a + mirror manually instead of using ftpmirror.gnu.org. + A list of mirrors is located at + . + If you choose to use the wget list described below, that file also + can be modified to use your desired mirror.