From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 21 08:31:34 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BA2F106566B for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:31:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mad@madpilot.net) Received: from megatron.madpilot.net (megatron.madpilot.net [88.149.173.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 096F08FC18 for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:31:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from megatron.madpilot.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by megatron.madpilot.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EB58191B for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:31:32 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=madpilot.net; h= user-agent:in-reply-to:content-disposition:content-type :content-type:mime-version:references:message-id:subject:subject :from:from:date:date:received:received; s=mail; t=1287649884; x= 1289464284; bh=5/K0s7kvVGeqjod2ar11ltRUnJU118kTs0AmYkNFnRQ=; b=W b1J97ZvXdbLiSD8G5ZuK/JxxA8qS31s0jmKudLd3G6WJ59tpQx60r0RDcBVmufZ+ TNiRZzjy65l2r+UgVhJD/DvOaHExc7GuoKi6HOmXHrRA65tz1d8Ktq99IPbUO+5q NzV7oeg4Ilyv8bt27e/T6LTzyU9qjsVSATNzbhSvAc= X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at madpilot.net Received: from megatron.madpilot.net ([127.0.0.1]) by megatron.madpilot.net (megatron.madpilot.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id Mp5KKORbYDlO for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:31:24 +0200 (CEST) Received: by megatron.madpilot.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A71361912; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:31:24 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:31:24 +0200 From: Guido Falsi To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20101021083124.GA50114@megatron.madpilot.net> References: <19264903.2523091287604404630.JavaMail.defaultUser@defaultHost> <20101020200247.GA60489@icarus.home.lan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101020200247.GA60489@icarus.home.lan> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Subject: Re: Problem (again) with portsnap5.FreeBSD.org? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:31:34 -0000 On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 01:02:47PM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 09:53:24PM +0200, Barbara wrote: > > > On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:11:35 +0200 (CEST) > > > Barbara 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. > > I think freebsd-hubs@ is the list where most of the cvsup and portsnap > mirror/owners live. I'd consider posting concerns there. I have a related question. I have noticed on the machines I use/administer a bias towards portsnap5. I mean, all these machines are always choosing mirror number five. Some are behind squid proxies and using them for portsnap, so I think this can be expected and caused in some way by some cached data, but some are connecting directly. Is this in some way expected? My portsnap.conf file is th stock one. Could this also due to DNS cacheing? Thank you for any information, and excuse me if my question is plain stupid :D -- Guido Falsi