From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 2 12:21:41 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B65971065670 for ; Tue, 2 Nov 2010 12:21:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd.user@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-yx0-f182.google.com (mail-yx0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6749B8FC0C for ; Tue, 2 Nov 2010 12:21:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxl31 with SMTP id 31so4247507yxl.13 for ; Tue, 02 Nov 2010 05:21:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.228.18 with SMTP id a18mr781089anh.242.1288700500457; Tue, 02 Nov 2010 05:21:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (cpe-071-077-039-064.nc.res.rr.com [71.77.39.64]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b22sm3995929anb.15.2010.11.02.05.21.38 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 02 Nov 2010 05:21:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (zeus [192.168.1.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: FreeBSD.user@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B8F3BE54856 for ; Tue, 2 Nov 2010 08:21:37 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 08:21:36 -0400 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20101102082136.34dfd94d@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <4CCFF983.4020005@eskk.nu> References: <20101102073440.5b7f6e74@scorpio> <4CCFF82A.8080905@unsane.co.uk> <4CCFF983.4020005@eskk.nu> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.20.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.1) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAJFBMVEUeH4oAAI3//v8LDHmw s8gyNZ/b3ej7+vn+/v////+PjIc8Plaj/TnQAAACNElEQVQ4jaXUvW/aQBQAcFtKGZLFT+YY 3D1SR9SKoRMncE3IggU4kicGi1JYOgQwyYrgnLlSzhsoNkTuVJEp+ef6ztiAoV3aJ+QPfufn s987S/5fQvoXYPjztmfc514Ks+5JfGUCfrzt4+VabF+jwEV4DGEXN8N4p16sPLxHX07/V3qX yfF5D2H6K4V8j9NkyAphvkjBembD5PDFk3zeTzP1jcksyaV9w+d4ELmUoOp8N2p8uQVyhTAT uawnKNH2mie5lJp48mscUcbJUvg0mR6APwAoye9AMyWozY4gAh0vcxa5FJ4TKCuODESWtfkB 8AEQSupUXNIYH8FSC2w8X3eMBNbbVJpJ7MgECO5yJ9DUEWCYkzNAlsRsgwLQ1GkWqELbkDOh 1bUzoHagYkNh9MXlK/MQoA42gTxz2bhPM2DJedm8MZx6cNfJgEZJ5cmwPp5FZ/Ye8O2qTrFV dgOrHkZRBoheJiGrRquwAhnQ6GeTePPerWVmQelAQ5lwNqtvQd2lcooAV74/zR1BIRS19fy5 ru+B/8ReW9pYKMPjt609zDaitHHTGOO+Zu7gHvsKE7XbeE1QVuJXomIFuZgUJdXQdhpqEELc /e8RLjfi+cQ01yMdWot8UcCVxEWHEkcUrsDGuhaIEoM9kfgAR6jxHcmEV7tNURAl8KTHN9iF McKGFHGO62O62UMpbmlVuogQ7ndL8zXCiLeBy3xpfrqaXS/+AHDG4o8AvhuPeezD/3xL/hy/ Adjlg2odglF2AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: Continuing problem with "portsnap" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:21:41 -0000 On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:44:03 +0100 Leslie Jensen articulated: > > > 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? > >> > > 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. I tried it eight times in quick succession and it finally worked. Obviously, there is something wrong somewhere. I don't know who to contact to get it looked at though. As you stated, it could not find any mirrors either. -- Jerry ✌ FreeBSD.user@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ If 1 in 10 people suffer from diarrhea, does that mean the other 9 enjoy it?