From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 19 09:01:32 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 585C21065674 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:01:32 +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 E7A7A8FC1E for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:01:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from megatron.madpilot.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by megatron.madpilot.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70E75154B; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:01:30 +0100 (CET) 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=1290157251; x= 1291971651; bh=LM2Wf8zBoLU1+BJqMt/KL7AsWTYT/afwlmclg1rJvBI=; b=d 4hGciBBiRfUfyV2ATjQYCXtIP1f3+ZFr2dPMyir/ig88f9K9oNiUhY0n+FjifJCw 03t9GmNaAlQj4WHimbTTLhnWVEsj+UwYPNgmVfkq0rXrlTFJxdsZDyLgKURe2wA5 hSdJZIO+ZOoBZneF3tEyF7MpvIokZlHMZqTEu4BMT0= 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 atBIgsd8sWLG; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:00:51 +0100 (CET) Received: by megatron.madpilot.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 10884152C; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:00:50 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:00:50 +0100 From: Guido Falsi To: Jason Helfman Message-ID: <20101119090050.GA37868@megatron.madpilot.net> References: <19264903.2523091287604404630.JavaMail.defaultUser@defaultHost> <20101020200247.GA60489@icarus.home.lan> <20101021083124.GA50114@megatron.madpilot.net> <20101021115121.282ecadb@gumby.homeunix.com> <4CC082DF.2080203@madpilot.net> <20101109210322.GD11785@eggman.experts-exchange.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101109210322.GD11785@eggman.experts-exchange.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org 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: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:01:32 -0000 On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 01:03:22PM -0800, Jason Helfman wrote: > >> > >>Yep - update5 is currently weighted 50% in the SRV: > >> > >>$ host -t srv _http._tcp.update.freebsd.org > >>_http._tcp.update.freebsd.org has SRV record 1 35 80 update4.FreeBSD.org. > >>_http._tcp.update.freebsd.org has SRV record 1 50 80 update5.FreeBSD.org. > >>_http._tcp.update.freebsd.org has SRV record 1 5 80 update3.FreeBSD.org. > >>_http._tcp.update.freebsd.org has SRV record 1 10 80 update2.FreeBSD.org. > >> > > > >Thank you. This explains what I was seeing and makes it in fact quite > >normal. > > I am seeing similiar issues with portsnap5. > Are you pointing portsnap to update? > > host -t srv _http._tcp.portsnap.freebsd.org > _http._tcp.portsnap.freebsd.org has SRV record 1 10 80 portsnap6.FreeBSD.org. > _http._tcp.portsnap.freebsd.org has SRV record 1 20 80 portsnap5.FreeBSD.org. > _http._tcp.portsnap.freebsd.org has SRV record 2 10 80 portsnap4.FreeBSD.org. > _http._tcp.portsnap.freebsd.org has SRV record 1 10 80 portsnap1.FreeBSD.org. > _http._tcp.portsnap.freebsd.org has SRV record 1 10 80 portsnap2.FreeBSD.org. I'm getting the same DNS result you're getting. portsnap5 has less weight now and is in fact being used less. My systems are more frequently using other servers now. A few days ago portsnap5 did not respond, anyway in that case portsnap simply timed out and tried another server shortly after. -- Guido Falsi