From owner-svn-src-all@freebsd.org Sat Sep 26 18:28:20 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0F8442582A; Sat, 26 Sep 2020 18:28:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: from gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (br1.CN84in.dnsmgr.net [69.59.192.140]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BzHN42X7wz3fCG; Sat, 26 Sep 2020 18:28:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: from gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id 08QISIB6055942; Sat, 26 Sep 2020 11:28:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: (from freebsd@localhost) by gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id 08QISIww055941; Sat, 26 Sep 2020 11:28:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <202009261828.08QISIww055941@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Subject: Re: svn commit: r366186 - in head/usr.sbin: bsdconfig/share/media bsdinstall/scripts In-Reply-To: <732d6dbb-2d2a-adbf-b587-b6f000b1047e@freebsd.org> To: Niclas Zeising Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2020 11:28:18 -0700 (PDT) CC: rgrimes@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Reply-To: rgrimes@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL121h (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4BzHN42X7wz3fCG X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:13868, ipnet:69.59.192.0/19, country:US] X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2020 18:28:20 -0000 > On 2020-09-26 20:12, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > >> Author: zeising (doc,ports committer) > >> Date: Sat Sep 26 16:27:09 2020 > >> New Revision: 366186 > >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/366186 > >> > >> Log: > >> bsdconfig, bsdinstall: Prune dead mirrors > >> > >> Prune dead mirrors from the list of mirrors in bsdconfig and bsdinstall. > >> All these return NXDOMAIN when trying to resolve them. > > > > This seems like the wrong place to fix it, as this does > > nothing for all the "shipped" releases that contain the > > old values. Shouldnt these all just be CNAMED in dns > > to a nearest replacement resource? > > > > > > Considering that we don't actually have control of the subdomans > (CC.freebsd.org) ourselves, that is trickier than it might sound. How can freebsd.org NOT have ultimate control over deligations? If things have become "lame" in a deligated zone the deligation can and should be pulled and replaced with local data. This is cc.freebsd.org, not freebsd.org.cc! > I do not oppose that change, but I'm not doing the work to chase all the > subdomain DNS admins down to try to fix it. Nor should you, this should be a clusteradm/domain administration person that should already working to keep the projects DNS data up to date and reliable. > This change cleans out some old mirrors for the 12.2 release, so that > people installing 12.2 (and later stuff) won't have the installer > complain when they accidentally pick a nonexistent mirror. > I believe that the proper way to fix this is to just use the FreeBSD CDN > even for these downloads (basically, go straight to > download.freebsd.org, or at least have that as the preferred option), > but I haven't gotten around to that. > Regards > -- > Niclas Zeising > -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org