[SOLVED] Re: no host record for pkg.freebsd.org

[James B. Byrne]

This was due to a previous freebsd-update fetch and install munging
/etc/resolv.conf.

On Tue, November 20, 2018 17:04, James B. Byrne wrote:
> Can someone explain this behaviour to me?
>
> # fetch
> http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/quarterly/packagesite.txz
> fetch:
> http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/quarterly/packagesite.txz: No
> address record
>
> # drill pkg.freebsd.org
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, rcode: NOERROR, id: 23998
> ;; flags: qr rd ra ; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 3
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;; pkg.freebsd.org.     IN      A
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> pkg.freebsd.org.        253     IN      CNAME
> pkgmir.geo.freebsd.org.
> pkgmir.geo.freebsd.org. 103     IN      A       96.47.72.71
> . . .
>
> I am trying to upgrade this host to 11.2 and it will not fetch the
> necessary packages.
>
>
>


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