Re: pkg update

Reply: John Levine: "Re: pkg update"
In reply to: Jos Chrispijn : "Re: pkg update"
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From: Marco Moock <mm_at_dorfdsl.de>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:00:46 UTC

Am 21.04.26 um 21:54 schrieb Jos Chrispijn:
> Pete Wright:
> 
>> i haven't observed any issues using ipv6 directly, nor with dual-stack 
>> setups.  i assume you can hit other ipv6 sites and "ping6 
>> pkg.freebsd.org" look ok on your end?
> 
> PING(56=40+8+8 bytes) 2a10:3781:44a3:1::54 --> 2a04:4e42:200::497
> 
> (0nly one line)
> 
> --- pkgmir.geo.freebsd.org ping statistics ---
> 14 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss
> 
> ./jos

It seems that this machine does not reply to ICMP echo request (and does 
not reject, but drops them)

The pkg software asks for the SRV record of pkg.FreeBSD.org.

~$ dig srv pkg.FreeBSD.org +short
pkgmir.geo.FreeBSD.org.
~$

Then the A/AAAA record will be used to connect to this hostname.

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