On Thu, 27 Nov 2014, Rainer Müller wrote:
> > Out of curiosity, why this sudden instability?
>
> This is something the server admins at Mac OS Forge should answer and I
> added them to CC in this message.
Thanks; it's not a good look for those new to MacPorts.
> I saw multiple reports due to unreachable servers over the last weeks.
> We either need to stop that from happening or make the sync/selfupdate
> process more reliable with an automatic fallback to other mirrors.
Which reminds me: I erred in a previous post about Mac/FreeBSD ports
recovering in the face of "helpful" ISPs interfering with the DNS; FreeBSD
merely keeps trawling through a local list (updated every so often) until
it gets a bite, ignoring any silly responses along the way.
I really must set up my own name server, instead of relying upon my broken
ISP (they are The Phone Company, after all, and own all of the
infrastructure).
--
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Bliss is a MacBook with a FreeBSD server."
http://www.horsfall.org/spam.html (and check the home page whilst you're there)
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