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

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Tue May 26 11:22:06 UTC 2020


#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:13 ryandesign]:
 > It's bound to happen more frequently for you temporarily because our
 10.7 buildbot worker is offline, so while you used to receive binaries for
 most perl modules, now that we're not building them your machine is having
 to build them itself and it pinging all those hosts beforehand. I hope to
 get that server back online soon.
 Aah, I see… Thank for the info. 👍

 [[br]]

 Replying to [comment:15 ryandesign]:
 > I haven't seen the kernel panic on the 32-bit Snow Leopard buildbot
 worker in a couple weeks, but I applied this patch to its copy of MacPorts
 anyway.

 Great! I added it here (manually) in my install + I trimmed down the list
 quite a bit.

 Speaking of the list. Except from trimming it, I think it needs an update.
 For example…
 - [https://github.com/macports/macports-
 ports/blob/master/_resources/port1.0/fetch/mirror_sites.tcl#L766-L806 the
 PHP mirrors] are gone, aren't they? All redirects to www.php.net now, and
 there's no [http://php.net/mirrors.php mirror.php] page anymore.

 - For [https://github.com/macports/macports-
 ports/blob/master/_resources/port1.0/fetch/mirror_sites.tcl#L252 debian],
 they also have their default one: http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/
 (ie without a country code in it).

 - I also saw a [https://github.com/macports/macports-
 ports/blob/master/_resources/port1.0/fetch/mirror_sites.tcl#L545 dead
 link]. There's no unix section there anymore: http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/

 [[br]]

 So, assuming there are a few other dead links… Could ''that'' affect the
 ping process to potentially causing the break?

 And, most mirrors use https now, don't they? Same example:
 http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/ -> https://ftp.sunet.se/pub/ When/if trimming the
 list – https sites should be prioritized. Incase some of them uses
 redirects (->https) it could also make it faster.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/60509#comment:16>
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