From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 6 10:26:34 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 529491065672 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2009 10:26:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@arnold.se) Received: from mailstore.infotropic.com (mailstore.infotropic.com [213.136.34.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4AA88FC1A for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2009 10:26:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@arnold.se) Received: (qmail 93230 invoked by uid 89); 6 Jan 2009 10:26:32 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.2.0 ppid: 93225, pid: 93227, t: 0.1428s scanners: attach: 1.2.0 clamav: 0.94/m: Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.123.35?) (chris@arnold.se@85.132.191.39) by mailstore.infotropic.com with ESMTPA; 6 Jan 2009 10:26:31 -0000 Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 11:26:29 +0100 (CET) From: Christopher Arnold X-X-Sender: chris@localhost To: Daniel Bond In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) X-message-flag: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Outlook_isn=B4t_compliant_with_current_standards_please_install_another_mail_client!?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update painfully slow - slower than source code build of world and kernel X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:26:34 -0000 On Tue, 6 Jan 2009, Daniel Bond wrote: > I'm not sure where to post this, I had trouble finding a suitable > mailing-list. Please point me in the right direction, if this is the wrong > place to post this message. > I think freebsd-ports would have been the place. > Yesterday I was struck by happiness, as I noticed 7.1-RELEASE was out on > ftp.freebsd.org - and decided to start off by upgrading one of my companies > development servers. > Usually an update with FreeBSD-update is quite quick, but today and yesterday > it has just been to slow to use, after two days of trying - I've still not > completed a single upgrade. The > server in question is connected to gigabit internet. > > I think it is embarrassing that the binary update tool, is actually slower to > use than compiling the whole operating system and kernel - even on a slow > machine! The reason for this, > is not the tool it self, the tool is excellent - but there are no mirrors.. > We need some mirrors, or such a great tool is not really usable at all > (except for the really patient). > This is a known issue that Colin sent out a message about to freebsd-ports and freebsd-questions. Basically there is a surge in in traffic right now due to the 7.1 release. And there is another update machine on the way. The message is included belov my sig. /Chris Hi all, For the benefit of those of you who are noticing problems with portsnap right now: The release of FreeBSD 7.1 has resulted in a very large amount of traffic to update1.freebsd.org, which is hosted by the same box as portsnap-master... so the portsnap mirrors are having some trouble syncing right now. If you find that portsnap doesn't work, please be patient -- once the flood of people upgrading systems to 7.1-RELEASE has subsided things should get back to normal. (Before people ask: update2.freebsd.org is going to exist soon. No, I'm not looking for more mirrors right now.) -- Colin Percival Security Officer, FreeBSD | freebsd.org | The power to serve Founder / author, Tarsnap | tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid