Attempting to fetch gcc-core

[Ryan Schmidt]

On May 16, 2011, at 21:46, Richard DeLaurell wrote:

> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 09:25:12PM -0500, Thomas Gederberg wrote:
>> I'm a new MacPorts user and am trying to install py27-scipy.  It's been attempting to fetch gcc-core (see below) now for several hours.  Don't know whether to kill it or just wait:
> 
> I can't tell you why it's taking so long, but you can CTL-c it at any time and when you restart the install later it should just pick up again where it left off.
> 
> (Of course, that might also mean restarting the download from bit zero.)

Yes, it will restart the download from zero.

I, too, often experience hangs when downloading the gcc ports' distfiles. I don't know what's the matter with their server. You could download the distfiles manually, from a different server that works properly (like any of the MacPorts mirror servers) and place the files in the directory where MacPorts expects them to be.


https://trac.macports.org/wiki/ProblemHotlist#fetch-failures

https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Mirrors