Hi Bill, I think it might be an older wget or LWP or what not that can't deal with MIRRORED.BY being https. Michael from linuxmagic also reported a similar issue.
Can anyone help with a .htaccess that exempts the MIRRORED.BY? Current lines: Redirect /favicon.ico https://spamassassin.apache.org/images/favicon.ico Redirect /downloads.html https://spamassassin.apache.org/downloads.cgi RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80 RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://spamassassin.apache.org/$1 [R,L] RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^doc/(.*)$ https://spamassassin.apache.org/full/3.4.x/doc/$1 [R=permanent] RewriteRule ^doc.html/(.*)$ https://spamassassin.apache.org/full/3.4.x/doc/$1 [R=permanent] RewriteRule ^dist/(.*)$ https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/tags/spamassassin_current_release_3.4.x/$1 [R=permanent] RewriteRule ^full/3.4.x/dist/doc/(.*)$ https://spamassassin.apache.org/full/3.4.x/doc/$1 [R=permanent] RewriteRule ^full/3.4.x/dist/(.*)$ https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/tags/spamassassin_current_release_3.4.x/$1 [R=permanent] RewriteRule ^doc$ https://spamassassin.apache.org/full/3.4.x/doc/ [R=permanent] ErrorDocument 404 https://spamassassin.apache.org/404.html On 9/18/2018 12:03 AM, Bill Cole wrote: > On 17 Sep 2018, at 22:57, James Hsieh wrote: > >> So this is odd: >> >> I finally started this without the daemonize option to see if it gave >> me anything more enlightening and got: >> >> Sep 17 22:44:15.326 [21704] error: config: no rules were found! Do >> you need to run 'sa-update'? >> config: no rules were found! Do you need to run 'sa-update'? >> >> Sure enough /var/lib/spamassassin/3.004002/updates_spamassassin_org >> is empty. >> >> /usr/local/bin/curl -s -L -O --remote-time -g --max-redirs 2 >> --connect-timeout 30 --max-time 300 --fail -o MIRRORED.BY -- >> http://spamassassin.apache.org/updates/MIRRORED.BY >> <http://spamassassin.apache.org/updates/MIRRORED.BY> >> >> This is what appears to have failed. It didn't download anything. >> >> superchicken:root# host spamassassin.apache.org >> spamassassin.apache.org has address 95.216.24.32 >> spamassassin.apache.org has address 40.79.78.1 >> spamassassin.apache.org has IPv6 address 2a01:4f9:2a:185f::2 >> spamassassin.apache.org mail is handled by 10 mx1-lw-eu.apache.org. >> spamassassin.apache.org mail is handled by 10 mx1-lw-us.apache.org. >> superchicken:root# >> >> The issue is with the mirror at 95.216.24.32 - it's returning a 404 >> for the file. If you go to >> >> http://95.216.24.32/updates/MIRRORED.BY >> <http://95.216.24.32/updates/MIRRORED.BY> >> >> you get a not found. > > Yes, because that webserver uses name-based virtual hosts: you can't > just use the IP in the URL, you need to make sure you send the proper > hostname. You also need to follow HTTP redirects, because the http URL > redirects to a https URL. Like this: > > $ curl -sOL -H 'Host: spamassassin.apache.org' > http://95.216.24.32/updates/MIRRORED.BY > $ ls -l MIRRORED.BY > -rw-r--r-- 1 bill staff 1400 Sep 18 00:01 MIRRORED.BY > $ head MIRRORED.BY > #HOW TO UPDATE > # > # SOURCE: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/site/updates/ > # > # 'svn checkout' the repo, update this file, and commit it > # > # A svnpubsub update on spamassassin.apache.org will instantly pull > # from SVN after the commit. > # > # A cron'd update on sa-vm1.apache.org will also automatically pull > > >> I copied the MIRRORED.BY file from the 3.004001 directory then re-ran >> sa-update. It pulled down rules and I'm in business. >> >> Kevin, thanks for the patch. It works. Sorry for the extra noise >> and perhaps we need to do something about that broken mirror? > > The mirror doesn't look broken from here. -- Kevin A. McGrail VP Fundraising, Apache Software Foundation Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171
