[MacPorts] #62144: base: On Mountain Lion configuration file is processed but it ignores archives server URL

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#62144: base: On Mountain Lion configuration file is processed but it ignores
archives server URL
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  Reporter:  snowflake  |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  defect     |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Low        |  Milestone:
 Component:  base       |    Version:  2.6.99
Resolution:             |   Keywords:
      Port:             |
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Comment (by ryandesign):

 Ok, so it successfully found the package on another site.

 MacPorts tries sites in an order that is supposed to result in the
 fastest/nearest servers being tried first. It must not realize that your
 server is nearest.

 MacPorts determines which server is closer by ping time. If your private
 packages server doesn't respond to pings, that would put it last in the
 list. So make sure the private packages server responds to pings.

 MacPorts caches ping times for 24 hours. Possibly this problem will
 resolve itself within 24 hours when it re-checks servers' ping times. Or
 you can make it check again immediately by deleting the file
 /opt/local/var/macports/pingtimes.

 There is a setting `preferred_hosts` that you are supposed to be able to
 use to override MacPorts' decision about which server to try first, but I
 was not able to get it to work consistently. See #57720.

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