[MacPorts] #65160: package fetch does not honor preferred_hosts

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#65160: package fetch does not honor preferred_hosts
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  Reporter:  chrstphrchvz  |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  defect        |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal        |  Milestone:
 Component:  base          |    Version:  2.7.2
Resolution:                |   Keywords:
      Port:                |
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Comment (by jmroot):

 It seems to work fine for me. My pingtimes file shows 8.993 for
 `packages.macports.org` and 272.531 for `ema.uk.packages.macports.org`,
 and accordingly, packages are normally fetched from
 `packages.macports.org`. If I add `ema.uk.packages.macports.org` to
 `preferred_hosts`, I instead see this:
 {{{
 % sudo port -v archivefetch 7zip
 --->  Fetching archive for 7zip
 --->  7zip-21.07_0.darwin_21.x86_64.tbz2 doesn't seem to exist in
 /opt/local/var/macports/incoming/verified
 --->  Attempting to fetch 7zip-21.07_0.darwin_21.x86_64.tbz2 from
 https://ema.uk.packages.macports.org/7zip
   % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time
 Current
                                  Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left
 Speed
 100  990k  100  990k    0     0   350k      0  0:00:02  0:00:02 --:--:--
 350k
 --->  Attempting to fetch 7zip-21.07_0.darwin_21.x86_64.tbz2.rmd160 from
 https://ema.uk.packages.macports.org/7zip
   % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time
 Current
                                  Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left
 Speed
 100   512  100   512    0     0   1789      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--
 1790
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/65160#comment:1>
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