Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 11:26:29 +0100 (CET) From: Christopher Arnold <chris@arnold.se> To: Daniel Bond <db@danielbond.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update painfully slow - slower than source code build of world and kernel Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0901061121530.1996@localhost> In-Reply-To: <DA7E7739-0631-4B00-8CA8-D8C9E22B2126@danielbond.org> References: <DA7E7739-0631-4B00-8CA8-D8C9E22B2126@danielbond.org>
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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
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