From: Thomas Petazzoni Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 18:48:26 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Config.in: use better URL for GNU mirrors X-Git-Tag: 2016.08-rc1~1477^2~52 X-Git-Url: http://rtime.felk.cvut.cz/gitweb/coffee/buildroot.git/commitdiff_plain/3999f0ad3c30fba64d0362aa68d34d1a43cfb3df Config.in: use better URL for GNU mirrors 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 Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard --- diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in index 4b48c00970..681c00c001 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: