DNS Problems for *.macports.org, also macosforge.org

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jul 2, 2014, at 5:38 PM, Clemens Lang <cal at macports.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> there seems to be a problem with the DNS setup for macports.org,
> and I can reproduce the problem for at least macosforge.org as
> well.
> 
> When I try resolving a domain below macports.org, I receive a
> SERVFAIL DNS answer, indicating that a server failed to answer
> correctly. This isn't limited to my provider's DNS, but also
> happens when specifically asking Google's DNS. Check the output
> of
> 
> $> dig macosforge.org @8.8.8.8
> $> dig macosforge.org @208.67.222.222
> 
> This has been happening since at least an hour, since that's
> when I got the first report that my port tree sync check cronjob
> failed.
> 
> Can you look into it and/or escalate? This is going to become a
> problem quickly.

I am not seeing a problem here when running those commands:



$ dig macosforge.org @8.8.8.8

; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> macosforge.org @8.8.8.8
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 27354
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;macosforge.org.			IN	A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
macosforge.org.		3599	IN	A	17.251.224.132

;; Query time: 93 msec
;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)
;; WHEN: Wed Jul  2 17:44:53 2014
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 48

$ dig macosforge.org @208.67.222.222

; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> macosforge.org @208.67.222.222
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 53269
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;macosforge.org.			IN	A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
macosforge.org.		3600	IN	A	17.251.224.132

;; Query time: 116 msec
;; SERVER: 208.67.222.222#53(208.67.222.222)
;; WHEN: Wed Jul  2 17:44:57 2014
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 48

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