[Pdweb] debian/ubuntu repository

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

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

> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>> 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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