From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 8 20:20:36 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CB2E106567D for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 20:20:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from xps.daemonology.net (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8580E158DFA for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 20:20:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: (qmail 19243 invoked from network); 8 Jan 2009 20:20:00 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO xps.daemonology.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 8 Jan 2009 20:20:00 -0000 Message-ID: <49665FEF.6030808@freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:19:59 -0800 From: Colin Percival User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081002) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Stable , FreeBSD Questions X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: FreeBSD Update should be back to normal X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:20:37 -0000 Hi all, There are now more freebsd-update mirrors and it looks like they're handling the load quite well. It's possible that the load balancing between mirrors will need to be tweaked a bit. If you have problems accessing a mirror (e.g., if freebsd-update exits with an error of "downloading files... failed" or complains that a file does not exist) please: 1. Try again using the -s option to make sure that you're accessing the same mirror (to make sure that this wasn't a temporary network glitch). 2. Assuming the first mirror still fails, use the -s option to pick a different mirror. 3. Assuming that the second mirror works, send me an email telling me which mirror failed and which one worked so that I can have the load balancing adjusted. -- Colin Percival Security Officer, FreeBSD | freebsd.org | The power to serve Founder / author, Tarsnap | tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid