From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 29 19:46:52 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1F911065679 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:46:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kitchetech@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.168]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D349F8FC0A for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:46:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kitchetech@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 30so684442ugs.39 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:46:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=9m5Ybw4TVs+zDatblxRL94fngLTJf0RubbYldFJC/vY=; b=rLT2G3W9ZumJd73lOerkph5cjf9rL65T/st/dN4fMYQvhBzFx07ePcFC5T4MBUzKAp q7m5psT94anokiU2SNKjjShu0QNd3uNthJ2QceD6QvDjb0TPyoqT9OmDlv0mhRj7xUIS 2/EX4+L5G3gfZ4QDQh+Fhh/OnhoP8qdJc7eSU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=io91aEY2nbT7A9fLZEmuAE45eWSNyPOBEPTC3vH1p40tcS5JACITb9Gh0Fs1UGRbJ4 l5fIE9MFw8/VqcizriBKMXOdHA3OS1RQGbRIL3n3DKfcTA7Odz7rYt3IzfucMKFhpbDu OJJlbArllGAYxrjeOF7FAa9Eng3oZFDdQDMVk= Received: by 10.86.51.10 with SMTP id y10mr6126156fgy.9.1225309609083; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:46:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.86.78.7 with HTTP; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:46:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <28283d910810291246g4a8d45e4oac61231f804cc375@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:46:48 -0400 From: "matt donovan" To: "Steven Susbauer" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update "can't find update.FreeBSD.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:46:52 -0000 On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Steven Susbauer < stupendoussteve@hotmail.com> wrote: > freebsd-update fetch fails if the default "ServerName > update.FreeBSD.org" is not changed to "ServerName update1.FreeBSD.org" > in /etc/freebsd-update.conf. > > This happens on at least 6.3, I believe it is also the case in later > versions but am unsure (7-RELEASE and later kill my networking card due > to a kernel regression). > > I am wanting input before writing up a PR, to see if in fact I am just > some isolated case, or if it has been fixed already in newer versions. > > uname -a: > > FreeBSD thinkpad.lan 6.3-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE-p5 #0: Wed Oct > 1 05:34:19 UTC 2008 > root@i386-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > > Nonfunctional: > > thinkpad# freebsd-update --debug fetch > Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... none found. > Fetching metadata signature for 6.3-RELEASE from update.FreeBSD.org... > fetch: http://update.FreeBSD.org/6.3-RELEASE/i386/latest.ssl: No address > record > failed. > No mirrors remaining, giving up. > > With update1: > > thinkpad# freebsd-update --debug fetch > Looking up update1.FreeBSD.org mirrors... none found. > Fetching metadata signature for 6.3-RELEASE from update1.FreeBSD.org... > latest.ssl 100% of 512 B 123 kBps > done. > Fetching metadata index... > 344cfb64472cacb781688b5de744795f140233e84105c4100% of 225 B 52 kBps > done. > Inspecting system... done. > Preparing to download files... done. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-update update.freebsd.org should work Considering that update1.freebsd.org is a mirror for update.freebsd.org. it works fine here for update.freebsd.org ever since I updated to 7.x from 6.2(tested freebsd-update on 6.2)