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Subject: Problem (again) with portsnap5.FreeBSD.org?
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> On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:11:35 +0200 (CEST)
> Barbara <barbara.xxx1975 at libero.it> articulated:
> 
>> $ date
>> Wed Oct 20 01:11:10 CEST 2010
>> 
>> # portsnap fetch update
>> Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 5 mirrors found.
>> Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap5.FreeBSD.org... failed.
>> Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap6.FreeBSD.org... done.
> 
> From time to time, "portsnap' does that. It usually remedies itself
> within 24 hours. Other than being a potential superficial annoyance, I
> doubt that it causes any serious harm. I have noticed that #5 seems to
> be the most troublesome server however.

My only intention was to report that and not complaining about the annoyance.
I just wanted to alter people maintaining #5.
If it's "expected", no problem.

Thanks
Barbara