From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 29 19:51:05 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 85F5A106568C for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:51:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stupendoussteve@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc2-s22.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc2-s22.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.158]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 757978FC1C for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:51:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stupendoussteve@hotmail.com) Received: from hotmail.com ([207.46.10.248]) by bay0-omc2-s22.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:51:05 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:51:05 -0700 Message-ID: Received: from 207.46.10.254 by by122fd.bay122.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:51:00 GMT X-Originating-IP: [68.225.143.90] X-Originating-Email: [stupendoussteve@hotmail.com] X-Sender: stupendoussteve@hotmail.com From: "Steven Susbauer" To: kitchetech@gmail.com Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:51:00 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Oct 2008 19:51:05.0336 (UTC) FILETIME=[ADE01F80:01C939FF] 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 19:51:05 -0000 matt donovan wrote: > > >On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Steven Susbauer >> 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. > > >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) > update.freebsd.org does not have a DNS entry associated with it, could that be part of the problem I'm having? (just-ping.com gets Unknown Host from 34 systems around the world)