[MacPorts] #52055: mirror sea.us.rsync.macports.org is serving stale files

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#52055: mirror sea.us.rsync.macports.org is serving stale files
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  Reporter:  mopihopi@…      |      Owner:  mirror@…
      Type:  defect          |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal          |  Milestone:
 Component:  server/hosting  |    Version:
Resolution:                  |   Keywords:
      Port:                  |
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

 * cc: mirror@… (removed)
 * cc: admin@… (added)
 * owner:  admin@… => mirror@…
 * version:  2.3.4 =>


Old description:

> The tarballs on the mirror
> rsync://sea.us.rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports.tar and base.tar
> appear to be old versions from August 5th.  After sudo port selfupdate,
> there are no outdated packages and the following message is displayed:
>
> Warning: port definitions are more than two weeks old, consider updating
> them by running 'port selfupdate'.
>
> Please update the mirror with the latest files.

New description:

 The tarballs on the mirror
 rsync://sea.us.rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports.tar and base.tar
 appear to be old versions from August 5th.  After sudo port selfupdate,
 there are no outdated packages and the following message is displayed:

 {{{
 Warning: port definitions are more than two weeks old, consider updating
 them by running 'port selfupdate'.
 }}}

 Please update the mirror with the latest files.

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Comment:

 Yes, when we [https://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-
 announce/2016-August/000037.html moved the primary MacPorts rsync server
 to the Friedrich-Alexander University], they noticed a problem with how
 PNNL was mirroring the files: they were getting a list of all rsync
 modules, and mirroring all of them. This worked on the old rsync server
 because it only contained MacPorts modules, but the FAU server contains
 many more modules, so in order to avoid PNNL downloading terabytes of
 information they didn't need and didn't intend to have, FAU blocked PNNL
 from accessing the new rsync server until they could fix their scripts. We
 reported the problem to the PNNL admins, but did not hear back. Until they
 fix this, you can switch to a different [wiki:Mirrors mirror server].

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/52055#comment:1>
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