Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 08:21:36 -0400 From: Jerry <freebsd.user@seibercom.net> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Continuing problem with "portsnap" Message-ID: <20101102082136.34dfd94d@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <4CCFF983.4020005@eskk.nu> References: <20101102073440.5b7f6e74@scorpio> <4CCFF82A.8080905@unsane.co.uk> <4CCFF983.4020005@eskk.nu>
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On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:44:03 +0100 Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> articulated: > > > On 2010-11-02 12:38, Vincent Hoffman wrote: > > On 02/11/2010 11:34, Jerry wrote: > >> Since "portsnap' has been failing on my system, I tried a different > >> approach and decided to rebuild the port entirely rather than just > >> download an updated snapshot. This is the result of just such a > >> venture: > >> > >> portsnap fetch extract > >> Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 5 mirrors found. > >> Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap1.FreeBSD.org... failed. > >> Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap5.FreeBSD.org... failed. > >> Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap2.FreeBSD.org... failed. > >> Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap6.FreeBSD.org... failed. > >> Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap4.FreeBSD.org... failed. > >> No mirrors remaining, giving up. > >> > >> You will notice that all the mirrors appear broken. Now, I can > >> reach the FreeBSD web site, and every other site I commonly visit > >> without a problem; therefore, I believe the problem resides > >> somewhere with the portsnap mirrors. > >> > >> Can anyone confirm or further thesis this thesis? > >> > > Working from the UK > > > > [root@seaurchin ~]# portsnap fetch > > Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 5 mirrors found. > > Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap1.FreeBSD.org... done. > > Fetching snapshot metadata... done. > > Updating from Tue Nov 2 02:25:26 GMT 2010 to Tue Nov 2 11:26:20 > > GMT 2010. Fetching 4 metadata patches... done. > > Applying metadata patches... done. > > Fetching 0 metadata files... done. > > Fetching 9 patches..... done. > > Applying patches... done. > > Fetching 3 new ports or files... done. > > Working from Sweden, maybe a little slow! > As you can see it can't find any mirrors. > > portsnap fetch > Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... none found. > Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap.FreeBSD.org... done. > Fetching snapshot metadata... done. > Updating from Tue Nov 2 09:57:27 CET 2010 to Tue Nov 2 12:26:20 CET > 2010. Fetching 4 metadata patches... done. > Applying metadata patches... done. > Fetching 0 metadata files... done. > Fetching 4 patches... done. > Applying patches... done. > Fetching 1 new ports or files... done. I tried it eight times in quick succession and it finally worked. Obviously, there is something wrong somewhere. I don't know who to contact to get it looked at though. As you stated, it could not find any mirrors either. -- Jerry ✌ FreeBSD.user@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ If 1 in 10 people suffer from diarrhea, does that mean the other 9 enjoy it?
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