From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 27 23:49:37 2007 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 476C716A419 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:49:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mad@madpilot.net) Received: from smtpi1.ngi.it (smtpi1.ngi.it [88.149.128.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A7AB13C46E for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:49:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mad@madpilot.net) Received: from megatron.madpilot.net (88-149-173-206.static.ngi.it [88.149.173.206]) by smtpi1.ngi.it (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lBRNnYbw022597 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:49:35 +0100 Received: from megatron.madpilot.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by megatron.madpilot.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 456EE130C5F; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:49:34 +0100 (CET) Received: by megatron.madpilot.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2175C130C5E; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:49:34 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:49:34 +0100 From: Guido Falsi To: Dave Overton Message-ID: <20071227234934.GA86902@megatron.madpilot.net> References: <006f01c848bd$cbcda550$26714dd1@syix.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <006f01c848bd$cbcda550$26714dd1@syix.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.0-PRERELEASE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portaudit and portsnap acting silly. 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: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:49:37 -0000 On Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 11:22:18AM -0800, Dave Overton wrote: > Portaudit does this: > # portaudit -Fa > auditfile.tbz 100% of 46 kB 6001 kBps > portaudit: Database too old. > Old database restored. > portaudit: Download failed. > > > Portsnap does this: > # portsnap fetch > Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 4 mirrors found. > Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap3.FreeBSD.org... done. > Latest snapshot on server is older than what we already have! > Cowardly refusing to downgrade from Thu Dec 27 08:10:58 PST 2007 > to Mon Dec 3 17:04:28 PST 2007. > > > In case anyone knows anyone who can beat them back into submission. Are you using a proxy server. I encountered similar problems with a proxy. In fact I usually set up squid not to cache portsnap[0-9].freebsd.org. Never seen such a problem with portaudit though... Hope this helps. -- Guido Falsi