[Buildroot] [git commit branch/next] Config.in: use better URL for GNU mirrors

Peter Korsgaard peter at korsgaard.com
Wed May 25 05:24:58 UTC 2016


commit: https://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/commit/?id=3999f0ad3c30fba64d0362aa68d34d1a43cfb3df
branch: https://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/commit/?id=refs/heads/next

As explained on http://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.en.html, the network of
GNU mirrors provide a generic address, http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/,
which automatically redirects to an up-to-date and local mirror. This
allows to greatly speed-up downloads, and also reduces the load on the
main GNU server.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter at korsgaard.com>
---
 Config.in | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index 4b48c00..681c00c 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -240,10 +240,12 @@ config BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR
 
 config BR2_GNU_MIRROR
 	string "GNU Software mirror"
-	default "http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu"
+	default "http://ftpmirror.gnu.org"
 	help
-	  GNU has multiple software mirrors scattered around the world.
-	  The following allows you to select your preferred mirror.
+	  GNU has multiple software mirrors scattered around the
+	  world.  The following allows you to select your preferred
+	  mirror. By default, a generic address is used, which
+	  automatically selects an up-to-date and local mirror.
 
 	  Have a look on the gnu.org site for a list of mirrors, then enter
 	  the URL to the base directory.  Examples:


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