Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:30:29 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: portsnap snapshot corruption? Message-ID: <20070920213029.DBEE945027@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:46:06 %2B0300." <20070920184606.GA73060@kobe.laptop>
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--==_Exmh_1190323829_17203P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > On 2007-09-20 21:42, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > Hi Colin, > > > > I've tried removing all of /var/db/portsnap/* and refetching several > > times today, but all the attempts resulted in corrupt snapshots, like > > this one: > > > > % root@kobe:/root# rm -fr /var/db/portsnap/* > > % root@kobe:/root# portsnap fetch > > % Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 4 mirrors found. > > % Fetching public key from portsnap3.FreeBSD.org... done. > > % Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap3.FreeBSD.org... done. > > % Fetching snapshot metadata... done. > > % Fetching snapshot generated at Thu Sep 20 04:07:10 EEST 2007: > > % 1a2086f1a8eea72b21ecc5c6a03587a26e3b86055bc54a100% of 49 MB 1451 kBps 00m00s > > % Extracting snapshot... done. > > % Verifying snapshot integrity... gunzip: snap/2bafbd0d8edc7a7cfa7e19833986ae4032f82006fd0d65cba9c4a75b432b5c8e.gz: unexpected end of file > > % gunzip: snap/2bafbd0d8edc7a7cfa7e19833986ae4032f82006fd0d65cba9c4a75b432b5c8e.gz: uncompress failed > > % snapshot corrupt. > > % root@kobe:/root# > > > > Is something wrong with the portsnap servers, or should I try to see if > > there's something odd with my latest CURRENT upgrade? > > Damn, right after having spent an hour on this *and* posting a message, > our local admin notified us that our network has started using a > transparent proxy -- which is apparently broken. > > Sorry for the noise. I'll try to resolve this with our IT guys :) In my experience the term "transparent proxy" is an oxymoron (like jumbo shrimp). "Transparent" proxies seem to vary from the distorions of a fun-house mirror to barely translucent. I really, really dislike them when trying to figure out the corrective lenses needed with each of them. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 --==_Exmh_1190323829_17203P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 06/03/2002 iD8DBQFG8uZ1kn3rs5h7N1ERAiQQAJwLTKEYWsqGobhe1gh8eT6RAmILKACfX7Ok g2PK8tFmgyUV4LjAVk7auZs= =4wRf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1190323829_17203P--
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