From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 9 14:02:20 2008 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 EAFD41065672 for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:02:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from r.c.ladan@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.155]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E1A48FC1C for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:02:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from r.c.ladan@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 16so1236434fgg.35 for ; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 07:02:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=W6Gy2i798wojNE7e/UsVWPjZLDBdm121aNdXfUVlUlI=; b=pvWmxtBYIX+AoDSHxiOeawVCWdbDXQXKw8D/CBdobFg6pxpjqjD1VIW99KGl6x9csNriYbxMkVRoslw8JxLDEuAQ9gBbhhR3PtYIgSsVi1u+QRaBnYNjY76BN6hjaJrHZbcmFE/HUETfOBHGJQDQkqnUgvNE8e7q9ljUJ5Gp3qw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=xa849kTPvWU8SP98hs9v2OsyAird/yDcFnlmSHsHghp1i6jOgi63Pcf1CjWfUVnRtw5kKSZAc0UyqicatAMu0ZRynoSmfXm0cufO/+LqrP+FuaSKoeM1D3mz1PQ46l0oNNLwqedZMkiZsQxJ/tmfT03joueMnYgZGJmbdzE7urA= Received: by 10.86.80.5 with SMTP id d5mr4857040fgb.20.1205069813555; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:36:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from self.rene-ladan.nl ( [77.163.174.49]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l19sm7204978fgb.0.2008.03.09.06.36.50 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:36:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <47D3E7F1.500@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:36:49 +0100 From: Rene Ladan User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080229) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gerard@seibercom.net References: <20080309090407.01316de7@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20080309090407.01316de7@scorpio> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portsnap: Cowardly Gives Up After Failure 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: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:02:21 -0000 Gerard schreef: > I just saw this 'portsnap' error message for the first time. > > > Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 4 mirrors found. > Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap2.FreeBSD.org... done. > Latest snapshot on server is older than what we already have! > Cowardly refusing to downgrade from Fri Mar 7 15:23:43 EST 2008 > to Fri Mar 7 10:15:54 EST 2008. > > I see this happening about half the times I run portsnap. The erroneous image is always from March 7. > I am not quite sure what caused this error to happen. I was thinking > though that perhaps having some sort of retry flag might be a good > idea. Maybe something like having 'portsnap' retry again in 5 minutes > or try another server or whatever. I usually run 'portsnap' from CRON so > active user participation is not really an option. > Retrying shortly after the error message usually helps for me. Regards, Rene -- http://www.rene-ladan.nl/ GPG fingerprint = E738 5471 D185 7013 0EE0 4FC8 3C1D 6F83 12E1 84F6 (subkeys.pgp.net)