Re: Which kernel.org WWW is the master server?

[Piotr Hosowicz <piotr@hosowicz.com>]

On 26.08.2010 17:10, Arnd Hannemann wrote:
> Am 26.08.2010 15:37, schrieb Jiri Kosina:
>> On Thu, 19 Aug 2010, Piotr Hosowicz wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I wrote a simple python script that tells me that a new kernel version
>>> appeared. The problem is that it is based exactly on this what appears on the
>>> webpage so sometimes it resolves the server IP that the version has changed,
>>> despite the fact that it is not true. Which server is the master server?
>>>
>> I guess that simply running
>>
>> 	finger @kernel.org
>>
>> will give you exactly the information you are looking for which much less
>> pain of connecting to www server, parsing html, etc.
>>
>
> Not sure if this is still accurate:
>
>> Aug 21, 2003: Please don't use *finger.kernel.org* for any sort of
>> automatic monitoring. The number of automatic bots hitting this port
>> is causing the finger daemon to shut down more often than not. The
>> same information is available from
>> http://www.kernel.org/kdist/finger_banner
>> <http://kernel.org/kdist/finger_banner>.

Moreover it is written as the above.

Regards,

Piotr Hosowicz

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