Re: README patch (Re: More documentation cleanups)

[Steef Boerrigter <sxmboer sci kun nl>]

Hi, Pavel!


> This is from the fencepost.gnu.org (Boston, USA)
> 
> $ host ftp.gnome.org
> ftp.gnome.org           CNAME   ftp.acc.umu.se
> ftp.acc.umu.se          CNAME   churchill.acc.umu.se
> churchill.acc.umu.se    A       130.239.18.141
> 
> And this is from sp.red-bean.com (Chicago, USA):
> 
> $ host ftp.gnome.org
> ftp.gnome.org           CNAME   ftp.acc.umu.se
> ftp.acc.umu.se          CNAME   churchill.acc.umu.se
> churchill.acc.umu.se    A       130.239.18.141

> > It is apparently an automatic redirect scheme of the gnome project.
> Why "apparently"?

Longman dictionary of contemporary English:
ap.par.ent.ly  adv
2 according to the way someone looks or a situation appears, although
you canot be sure: She managed to climb out of her car, apparently
unhurt.


To me the situation is that a name lookup redirects to Sweden. This IP
is generated by my name server and I have no idea where it gets it's
information from. Hence I could not be sure whether this redirection was
standard for the entire world, which appears to be so, based on your
information from fencepost. Since I don't think I have a login account
there and don't seem to be able to get my ssh to work anyway, I never
bothered to check. Hence it appeared to be a redirection, but I wasn't
sure, so I used the word "apparently".


Steef