Continuing problem with "portsnap"

[Jerry]

On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:44:03 +0100
Leslie Jensen <leslie at 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 at 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 at seibercom.net

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