# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-# Use alpha.gnu.org for alpha and beta releases.
-# Use ftp.gnu.org for stable releases.
-gnu_ftp_host-alpha = alpha.gnu.org
-gnu_ftp_host-beta = alpha.gnu.org
-gnu_ftp_host-stable = ftp.gnu.org
-gnu_rel_host = $(gnu_ftp_host-$(RELEASE_TYPE))
-
-url_dir_list = \
- ftp://$(gnu_rel_host)/gnu/parted
-
# Used in maint.mk's web-manual rule
manual_title = Parted User's Manual
+# Use the direct link. This is guaranteed to work immediately, while
+# it can take a while for the faster mirror links to become usable.
+url_dir_list = http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$(PACKAGE)
+
# Tests not to run as part of "make distcheck".
# Exclude changelog-check here so that there's less churn in ChangeLog
# files -- otherwise, you'd need to have the upcoming version number