On May 22, 2013, at 7:55 PM, Hamish <[email protected]> wrote: > Brian wrote: >> I'm trying to use g.extension to install some add-ons (one >> of which I recently contributed), but the download fails at >> some times/on some machines. Just today, I was able to >> download a particular extension on my Mac, > > so g.extension was working for you? is it GRASS 6.4.2? we've > been looking for feedback on that; which way of calling > g.extension? from the Terminal command line or from the wxGUI > menu? see https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/854 >
Well it worked in that it could download the code from SVN. The compile fails utterly on OS X, similar to the problems described in the ticket. > >> ... Here is a typical error: >> ... >>> Fetching <r.findtheriver> from GRASS-Addons SVN (be patient)... >>> svn: OPTIONS of >>> 'http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass-addons/grass6/raster/r.findtheriver': >>> could not connect to server (http://svn.osgeo.org) >>> ERROR: GRASS Add-on r.findtheriver not found in >> repository or no network connection or another problem > > Hi, yes it was a known problem yesterday with the server, > MarkusN restarted Apache, hopefully it helps. If not we may > need to reboot it. I continue to have this problem today. > >> I also frequently experience long delays loading the GRASS >> homepage (http://grass.osgeo.org) in a web browser. >> Has anyone else experienced network connectivity problems to >> machines on the osgeo.org domain? > > Unfortunately the osgeo servers are a little bit streched > these days, a victim of their own sucess. For me 0700 GMT +/- > 1 hour is often bad, so if it is slow then I just go do > something else for a while and try again later. > > Yesterday was unusual though, I have for the first time seen > temporary "unable to connect to server" in the last week or > two, but usually it isn't that bad. > Good to know. Thanks, Brian _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
