apt update wrong county

[Colin Watson]

On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 06:00:18PM -0400, Jerry Geis wrote:
> [Connecting to banjo.canonical.com (91.189.91.38)]
> 
> EVERY entry in my /etc/apt/sources.list
> is us.archive.ubuntu.com
> 
> WHY - does and "apt update" want to contact the ABOVE address ???
> 
> This above address is outside the US - typically then requires special
> permission to open firewalls - Its a hassle

us.archive.ubuntu.com also resolves to IP addresses outside the US at
present despite the hostname, and in fact to addresses in the very same
subnet as banjo (91.189.91.0/24); so while this is perhaps a little
mysterious, I don't quite get why this is such an ALL-CAPS ISSUE.
us.archive is a pool of servers and even if it's currently in the US
there is no guarantee that it won't be changed around for traffic
management purposes.

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Colin Watson (he/him)                              [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]