Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 06:51:29 -0500 From: Lystic Emsen <lystic1@gmail.com> To: Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> Subject: Re: Continuing problem with "portsnap" Message-ID: <AANLkTinBpVtbvJ=yXrCi1KojQ1XatqG_mb%2B47ZUd2tZ3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4CCFF983.4020005@eskk.nu> References: <20101102073440.5b7f6e74@scorpio> <4CCFF82A.8080905@unsane.co.uk> <4CCFF983.4020005@eskk.nu>
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On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 6:44 AM, Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> wrote: > > > On 2010-11-02 12:38, Vincent Hoffman wrote: > >> On 02/11/2010 11:34, Jerry wrote: >> >>> Since "portsnap' has been failing on my system, I tried a different >>> approach and decided to rebuild the port entirely rather than just >>> download an updated snapshot. This is the result of just such a >>> venture: >>> >>> portsnap fetch extract >>> Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 5 mirrors found. >>> Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap1.FreeBSD.org... failed. >>> Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap5.FreeBSD.org... failed. >>> Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap2.FreeBSD.org... failed. >>> Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap6.FreeBSD.org... failed. >>> Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap4.FreeBSD.org... failed. >>> No mirrors remaining, giving up. >>> >>> You will notice that all the mirrors appear broken. Now, I can reach the >>> FreeBSD web site, and every other site I commonly visit without a >>> problem; therefore, I believe the problem resides somewhere with the >>> portsnap mirrors. >>> >>> Can anyone confirm or further thesis this thesis? >>> >>> Can you try editing your /etc/portsnap.conf ? SERVERNAME=eu.portsnap.FreeBSD.org That should make it look for servers closer to you first. -- Lystic http://UnixNews.net <http://unixnews.net/>; > Working from the UK >> >> [root@seaurchin ~]# portsnap fetch >> Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 5 mirrors found. >> Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap1.FreeBSD.org... done. >> Fetching snapshot metadata... done. >> Updating from Tue Nov 2 02:25:26 GMT 2010 to Tue Nov 2 11:26:20 GMT >> 2010. >> Fetching 4 metadata patches... done. >> Applying metadata patches... done. >> Fetching 0 metadata files... done. >> Fetching 9 patches..... done. >> Applying patches... done. >> Fetching 3 new ports or files... done. >> >> >> > > Working from Sweden, maybe a little slow! > As you can see it can't find any mirrors. > > > portsnap fetch > Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... none found. > Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap.FreeBSD.org... done. > Fetching snapshot metadata... done. > Updating from Tue Nov 2 09:57:27 CET 2010 to Tue Nov 2 12:26:20 CET 2010. > > Fetching 4 metadata patches... done. > Applying metadata patches... done. > Fetching 0 metadata files... done. > Fetching 4 patches... done. > Applying patches... done. > Fetching 1 new ports or files... done. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > --
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