Need help: Some port fetches consistently fail

[Sam Finn]

Hi, 

Doesn’t a 403 indicate that the server received and understood the request, but refused to act on it? In any event, there is no proxy and I’ve checked that my firewalls (the mac os firewall and intego net barrier) are down. Am I missing something? 

Other information that may (or may not) be helpful: 
* I’m reaching the network through an apple AirPort Extreme, which is providing both NAT and DHCP services
* The computer I’m working on right now is set-up as the default host (i.e., it has a DHCP reservation, whose IP is the default host). 

Thanks very much for any and all help!

Sam

--
Lee Samuel Finn
lsfinn at gmail.com




On Jul 28, 2014, at 2:54 PM, Jeremy Lavergne <jeremy at lavergne.gotdns.org> wrote:

> According to your log, all your requests are being met with 403 Forbidden from any/all web servers.
> 
> Are you sure you don’t continue to have something blocking these requests on your end?
> 
> 
> 
> On Jul 28, 2014, at 14:49, Sam Finn <lsfinn at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi, 
>> 
>> Since my upgrade to Mavericks I’ve had a problem with some port fetches consistently running through a long list of mirrors before eventually failing. Your help in resolving this problem will be greatly appreciated. 
>> 
>> Here is an example of the problem: 
>> 
>> Appletree [138] Yeah? sudo port install gettext
>> --->  Computing dependencies for gettext
>> --->  Dependencies to be installed: expat libiconv
>> --->  Fetching distfiles for expat
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://superb-dca2.dl.sourceforge.net/project/expat/expat/2.1.0
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://hivelocity.dl.sourceforge.net/project/expat/expat/2.1.0
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://softlayer-dal.dl.sourceforge.net/project/expat/expat/2.1.0
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://sea.us.distfiles.macports.org/macports/distfiles/expat
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://distfiles.macports.org/expat
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://mse.uk.distfiles.macports.org/sites/distfiles.macports.org/expat
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/project/expat/expat/2.1.0
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/expat/expat/2.1.0
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://freefr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/expat/expat/2.1.0
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://optimate.dl.sourceforge.net/project/expat/expat/2.1.0
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://lil.fr.distfiles.macports.org/expat
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://nue.de.distfiles.macports.org/macports/distfiles/expat
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/project/expat/expat/2.1.0
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://garr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/expat/expat/2.1.0
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://fco.it.distfiles.macports.org/mirrors/macports-distfiles/expat
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://citylan.dl.sourceforge.net/project/expat/expat/2.1.0
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://her.gr.distfiles.macports.org/mirrors/macports/mpdistfiles/expat
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/expat/expat/2.1.0
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://cjj.kr.distfiles.macports.org/expat
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/project/expat/expat/2.1.0
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/project/expat/expat/2.1.0
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/expat/expat/2.1.0
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://aarnet.au.distfiles.macports.org/pub/macports/mpdistfiles/expat
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://internode.dl.sourceforge.net/project/expat/expat/2.1.0
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://jog.id.distfiles.macports.org/macports/mpdistfiles/expat
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://waix.dl.sourceforge.net/project/expat/expat/2.1.0
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://ykf.ca.distfiles.macports.org/MacPorts/mpdistfiles/expat
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://netcologne.dl.sourceforge.net/project/expat/expat/2.1.0
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/distfiles/expat
>> Error: org.macports.fetch for port expat returned: fetch failed
>> Error: Failed to install expat
>> Please see the log file for port expat for details:
>>    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_expat/expat/main.log
>> Error: The following dependencies were not installed: expat libiconv
>> To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
>>    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
>> Error: Processing of port gettext failed
>> 
>> [Attached is the log file noted in the error message.]
>> 
>> This happens with most, but not all, ports. There appears to be no rhyme or reason to which succeed or which fail, except that ports that fail on the fetch consistently fail on the fetch. 
>> 
>> This is happening with all of my systems (three: home, work, and laptop). All three systems are 
>> * MacOS Version: 10.9.4
>> * MacPorts Version: 2.3.1
>> 
>> Things I’ve tried:
>> * firewall(s) off;
>> * different IPs on the same network; 
>> * different networks (home, work, public hotspots, other remote locations in the US and Europe)
>> * Fresh reinstall of MacPorts
>> 
>> Again, thanks in advance for any help you can offer. 
>> 
>> Best, 
>> 
>> Sam
>> <main.log>
>> --
>> Lee Samuel Finn
>> Professor, Dept Physics; 
>>  Dept Astronomy & Astrophysics
>> The Pennsylvania State University
>> 104 Davey Laboratory
>> University Park, PA 16802
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Lee Samuel Finn
>> lsfinn at gmail.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
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