Thanks for getting back to me - must be something about my environment here (ftp might even be blocked currently - although I did try from two different networks). I was able to get what I needed by using "http" for now. Sorry for the traffic.
Derek On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 4:54 PM Satish Balay <ba...@mcs.anl.gov> wrote: > Both ftp and http work fine for me.. > > balay@asterix /home/balay/petsc.x/petsc (balay/test=) > $ lftp ftp://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/petsc/externalpackages > cd ok, cwd=/pub/petsc/externalpackages > lftp ftp.mcs.anl.gov:/pub/petsc/externalpackages> ls |head > -rw-r----- 1 ftp ftp 0 Nov 18 2016 ==33186== > -rw-r----- 1 ftp ftp 828346 May 2 2013 Chaco-2.2-p1.tar.gz > -rw-r----- 1 ftp ftp 1981220 Sep 23 2014 Chaco-2.2-p2.tar.gz > -rw-r----- 1 ftp ftp 828295 Oct 23 2009 Chaco-2.2.tar.gz > -rw-r----- 1 ftp ftp 1685576 Feb 16 2015 > Elemental-0.85-p1.tar.gz > -rw-r----- 1 ftp ftp 112597 Mar 28 2012 Generator.tar.gz > -rw-r----- 1 ftp ftp 2471411 Nov 18 2011 > MUMPS_4.10.0-p1.tar.gz > -rw-r----- 1 ftp ftp 2471465 Feb 26 2012 > MUMPS_4.10.0-p2.tar.gz > -rw-r----- 1 ftp ftp 2440565 Mar 15 2012 > MUMPS_4.10.0-p3.tar.gz > -rw-r----- 1 ftp ftp 2439922 Aug 17 2011 MUMPS_4.10.0.tar.gz > lftp ftp.mcs.anl.gov:/pub/petsc/externalpackages> exit > balay@asterix /home/balay/petsc.x/petsc (balay/test=) > $ lftp http://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/petsc/externalpackages > cd: received redirection to ` > http://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/petsc/externalpackages/' > cd ok, cwd=/pub/petsc/externalpackages > lftp ftp.mcs.anl.gov:/pub/petsc/externalpackages> ls |head > drwxr-xr-x -- .. > -rw-r--r-- 0 2016-11-18 11:03 ==33186== > -rw-r--r-- 809K 2013-05-01 22:00 Chaco-2.2-p1.tar.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1.9M 2014-09-23 13:52 Chaco-2.2-p2.tar.gz > -rw-r--r-- 809K 2009-10-22 19:53 Chaco-2.2.tar.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1.6M 2015-02-16 14:21 Elemental-0.85-p1.tar.gz > -rw-r--r-- 110K 2012-03-27 19:22 Generator.tar.gz > -rw-r--r-- 2.4M 2011-11-18 13:59 MUMPS_4.10.0-p1.tar.gz > -rw-r--r-- 2.4M 2012-02-25 21:05 MUMPS_4.10.0-p2.tar.gz > -rw-r--r-- 2.3M 2012-03-14 22:57 MUMPS_4.10.0-p3.tar.gz > ls: Broken pipe > lftp ftp.mcs.anl.gov:/pub/petsc/externalpackages> exit > > > Satish > > On Thu, 5 Apr 2018, Derek Gaston wrote: > > > Is ftp access down again? The download links on the PETSc website appear > > to just stall... > > > > Derek > > > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 9:52 AM Satish Balay <ba...@mcs.anl.gov> wrote: > > > > > ftp.mcs.anl.gov is now back online [serving ftp:// - http:// is not > yet > > > enabled] > > > > > > petsc configure builds with --download-package option should now work. > > > > > > For direct tarball download - switching the URL from > > > http://ftp.mcs.anl.gov to ftp://ftp.mcs.anl.gov notation is the > > > temporary workaround. For eg: > > > > > > change: > > > http://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/petsc/release-snapshots/petsc-3.8.4.tar.gz > > > to: > > > ftp://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/petsc/release-snapshots/petsc-3.8.4.tar.gz > > > > > > Satish > > > > > > On Thu, 29 Mar 2018, Satish Balay wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > We've been informed by the site admin that ftp.mcs.anl.gov is taken > > > > down due to 'cyber incident' - there is no ETA on when it will be > > > > back. > > > > > > > > We've been using it the primary host for distributing petsc tarballs > > > > and hosting some externalpackage tarballs - so some of the petsc > buils > > > > with '--download-package' option are failing. > > > > > > > > Obtaining petsc [and some most externalpackages] via git should work. > > > > > > > > I will update when ftp.mcs.anl.gov is brought back up. > > > > > > > > Satish > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >