On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:44:03 +0100 Leslie Jensen <[email protected]> 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 > > > > [r...@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 ✌ [email protected] 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? _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
