Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 13:03:22 -0800 From: Jason Helfman <jhelfman@e-e.com> To: Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem (again) with portsnap5.FreeBSD.org? Message-ID: <20101109210322.GD11785@eggman.experts-exchange.com> Resent-Message-ID: <20101119052940.GA94778@eggman.experts-exchange.com> In-Reply-To: <4CC082DF.2080203@madpilot.net> References: <19264903.2523091287604404630.JavaMail.defaultUser@defaultHost> <20101020200247.GA60489@icarus.home.lan> <20101021083124.GA50114@megatron.madpilot.net> <20101021115121.282ecadb@gumby.homeunix.com> <AANLkTinBbf8XkR445uj3Ku7vZB8ZHQOQypqL_zngjf7d@mail.gmail.com> <4CC082DF.2080203@madpilot.net>
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On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 08:13:51PM +0200, Guido Falsi thus spake: >On 10/21/10 18:17, Royce Williams wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 2:51 AM, RW<rwmaillists@googlemail.com> wrote: >>> On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:31:24 +0200 Guido Falsi<mad@madpilot.net> wrote: >>> >>>> I have noticed on the machines I use/administer a bias towards >>>> portsnap5. >> >>> If you define a cache environment variable the random choice is seeded >>> by that to improve the caching. There may also be some weighting in the >>> SRV record. >> >> 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. -jgh > >-- >Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net> >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Jason Helfman System Administrator experts-exchange.com http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_4830110.html
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