Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
Regarding portsnap in my previous post, I think you misunderstood me.
This is not a new "one time" problem regarding a specific case,
portsnap is allways slow. This is observed from
heavy usage of it, over a long period of time.
Great to see that there will be an update2.freebsd.org -
unfortunately, that a new release generates more traffic than update-
server handles is not acceptable (imho). People should be able to
upgrade to a new release, once it is out. Sadly, I don't think one
more mirror will cut it. Especially if it is going to be of the same
quality as the other portsnap mirrors. Also, sadly CP isn't looking
for more mirrors, while a large chunk of users trying to upgrade *are*
looking for mirrors.
Look at CVSUP mirrors, they have always worked fine, even directly
after a new release. We even have a few of them here in Norway, and
they are fast as hell. Look how many there are of them, spread around
the world.. This works out great!
It is easy for anyone to setup a CVSup mirror. It is open and well
documented. Anyone could create a CVSup mirror, any where they please
and mirror FreeBSD's sourcecode and ports.
However, freebsd-update is closed. I've searched the web for how the
protocol works, how the server-part of it works, with metadata,
checksums and all. How the mirroring of it works, basicly. There are
no public available documents on this. Do we have to reverse-engineer
it, or what?
I think Colin made a really nice tool, but he needs opening up (for
the project and everyone's good) - he is controlling the service with
a iron grip, dictating who gets to host a mirror and who dosn't. I'm
sure the service is allways very good for CP, the servers are probably
on his LAN or somewhere close, and he has the power to create mirrors
where ever he pleases, at home, at office.. but nobody else can have
that power..
Regards,
Daniel Bond.
On Jan 6, 2009, at 11:26 AM, Christopher Arnold wrote:
On Tue, 6 Jan 2009, Daniel Bond wrote:
I'm not sure where to post this, I had trouble finding a suitable
mailing-list. Please point me in the right direction, if this is
the wrong place to post this message.
I think freebsd-ports would have been the place.
Yesterday I was struck by happiness, as I noticed 7.1-RELEASE was
out on ftp.freebsd.org - and decided to start off by upgrading one
of my companies development servers.
Usually an update with FreeBSD-update is quite quick, but today and
yesterday it has just been to slow to use, after two days of trying
- I've still not completed a single upgrade. The
server in question is connected to gigabit internet.
I think it is embarrassing that the binary update tool, is actually
slower to use than compiling the whole operating system and kernel
- even on a slow machine! The reason for this,
is not the tool it self, the tool is excellent - but there are no
mirrors.. We need some mirrors, or such a great tool is not really
usable at all (except for the really patient).
This is a known issue that Colin sent out a message about to freebsd-
ports and freebsd-questions.
Basically there is a surge in in traffic right now due to the 7.1
release. And there is another update machine on the way.
The message is included belov my sig.
/Chris
Hi all,
For the benefit of those of you who are noticing problems with
portsnap
right
now: The release of FreeBSD 7.1 has resulted in a very large amount of
traffic
to update1.freebsd.org, which is hosted by the same box as
portsnap-master...
so the portsnap mirrors are having some trouble syncing right now.
If you
find
that portsnap doesn't work, please be patient -- once the flood of
people
upgrading systems to 7.1-RELEASE has subsided things should get back
to
normal.
(Before people ask: update2.freebsd.org is going to exist soon. No,
I'm not looking for more mirrors right now.)
--
Colin Percival
Security Officer, FreeBSD | freebsd.org | The power to serve
Founder / author, Tarsnap | tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly
paranoid
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