[MacPorts] #60509: Upgrading ports sometimes breaks internet connection

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#60509: Upgrading ports sometimes breaks internet connection
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  Reporter:  iEFdev  |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  defect  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal  |  Milestone:
 Component:  base    |    Version:  2.6.2
Resolution:          |   Keywords:
      Port:          |
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Comment (by iEFdev):

 Replying to [comment:30 ryandesign]:
 > Eric, it would be great if you could try my PR and let me know if that
 fixes the problem for you. If not, you could try reducing
 max_hosts_to_ping in my PR from 50 to 30 or something. If would also be
 good to know if you see any other problems as a result of using my PR.

 Yes, I will. I've replaced the file locally, and installed a perl package
 I didn't already have. It chose a macport mirror, so maybe it didn't go
 through the mirror lists?

 Installing the same port from source picked another mirror:

 {{{#!bash
 $ sudo port -s install p5.30-www-curl
 --->  Computing dependencies for p5.30-www-curl
 --->  Fetching distfiles for p5.30-www-curl
 --->  Attempting to fetch WWW-Curl-4.17.tar.gz from
 http://cpan.perl.pt/modules/by-module/WWW
 --->  Verifying checksums for p5.30-www-curl
 // ... //
 }}}

 ''Failed to build though, but that's another thing.''


 [[br]]

 I did an earlier update to that file from another change you did. Think it
 was merged and I assume it's in 2.6.3 - which I've updated to. (PR:177
 <(comment:14))

 It has been better lately, and I've been able to update my perl ports
 without any hickups. Thought it maybe was that change from earlier.

 With the new change (PR:199)… Don't know what to expect, but it felt like
 it was much faster now. Didn't take long to pick a mirror, so I guess it
 works much better(/faster) – and I know how huge that mirror list is for
 perl.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/60509#comment:31>
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