Re: git: bc18f00c490c - main - bsd.sites.mk: use static CDN to download rust crates
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:35:04 UTC
On Tue Sep 22, 2026 at 96:00 UTC, Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 02:01:44PM +0000, Siva Mahadevan wrote: >> bsd.sites.mk: use static CDN to download rust crates >> >> static.crates.io is the recommended upstream download >> path. This avoids "403 Forbidden" rate limiting results >> when trying to download crates too fast. This also >> seems to improve download speeds/latency. >> >> As per https://crates.io/data-access#crate-content, >> >> > Crates can be downloaded directly from the crates.io CDN >> > [...] >> > No rate limits apply to static.crates.io at present. >> >> And as per https://crates.io/data-access#api, >> >> > you are welcome to use the crates.io API provided you abide by the following limits: >> > * A maximum of 1 request per second, and >> > * A user-agent header that identifies your application. >> >> Reviewed by: mikael >> Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D59575 > > Since this change, I am unable to make fetch for rust ports, I get this: > > => rust/crates/s3req-1.3.1.crate doesn't seem to exist in /portdistfiles. > => Attempting to fetch https://static.crates.io/crates/s3req/1.3.1?dummy=/rust/crates/s3req-1.3.1.crate > fetch: https://static.crates.io/crates/s3req/1.3.1?dummy=/rust/crates/s3req-1.3.1.crate: Forbidden > => Attempting to fetch http://distcache.FreeBSD.org/ports-distfiles/rust/crates/s3req-1.3.1.crate > fetch: http://distcache.FreeBSD.org/ports-distfiles/rust/crates/s3req-1.3.1.crate: Not Found > => Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this > => port manually into /portdistfiles and try again. > *** Error code 1 > > For example, to be able to update net/s3req, I had to backout this > commit to be able to run `make makesum`. Removing the custom DISTFILES=... in net/s3req fixes it. What was the purpose of the override there?