On Oct 2, 2008, at 9:46 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:

Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:

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Hey, I just set up a repository for the Pd-extended debian/ubuntu packages on the main autobuild machine. I was think that it would be useful to have a different DNS name for the apt source, like "apt.puredata.info" so that if the repository moves to a different machine, the "apt.puredata.info" name can just be redirected. Here's what I am setting up:

cool.

i have setup apt.puredata.info pointing to 128.238.56.50; since the ttl of the dns records is rather long (1 week) i would suggest waiting a bit before promoting it...

fgmadrs IOhannes

The main ttl only affects positive lookup cache time, so when you create a new name, then it usually becomes active immediately. The positive cache time will only affect changes afterwards. If you had previously set the negative cache time for apt.puredata.info to a week a long time beforehand, then nameservers would cache the negative result, as in no IP for that name. But that's a separate setting.

I probably won't get to it for a bit anyway, so I guess I am just being pedantic. :)

.hc

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