Spawning ping for packages.macports.org failed

[Adam Mercer]

On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Daniel J. Luke <dluke at geeklair.net> wrote:

> dig @131.215.125.1 packages.macports.org
>
> and
>
> dig @131.215.254.100 packages.macports.org
>
> to help rule out basic dns problems.

Both those commands return what I would expect:

builder-osx-1:~ ram$ dig @131.215.125.1 packages.macports.org

; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> @131.215.125.1 packages.macports.org
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 26068
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 8, ADDITIONAL: 8

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;packages.macports.org.         IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
packages.macports.org.  3320    IN      CNAME
packages.macports.netdna-cdn.com.
packages.macports.netdna-cdn.com. 20 IN A       198.232.124.36

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
netdna-cdn.com.         94      IN      NS      dns3.p04.nsone.net.
netdna-cdn.com.         94      IN      NS      ns-1326.awsdns-37.org.
netdna-cdn.com.         94      IN      NS      dns4.p04.nsone.net.
netdna-cdn.com.         94      IN      NS      dns1.p04.nsone.net.
netdna-cdn.com.         94      IN      NS      dns2.p04.nsone.net.
netdna-cdn.com.         94      IN      NS      ns-946.awsdns-54.net.
netdna-cdn.com.         94      IN      NS      ns-97.awsdns-12.com.
netdna-cdn.com.         94      IN      NS      ns-1716.awsdns-22.co.uk.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
dns1.p04.nsone.net.     18355   IN      A       198.51.44.4
dns2.p04.nsone.net.     18355   IN      A       198.51.45.4
dns3.p04.nsone.net.     18355   IN      A       198.51.44.68
dns4.p04.nsone.net.     18355   IN      A       198.51.45.68
ns-97.awsdns-12.com.    52817   IN      A       205.251.192.97
ns-946.awsdns-54.net.   52954   IN      A       205.251.195.178
ns-1326.awsdns-37.org.  52954   IN      A       205.251.197.46
ns-1716.awsdns-22.co.uk. 53082  IN      A       205.251.198.180

;; Query time: 2 msec
;; SERVER: 131.215.125.1#53(131.215.125.1)
;; WHEN: Sun Feb 28 19:59:44 2016
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 448

builder-osx-1:~ ram$ dig @131.215.254.100 packages.macports.org

; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> @131.215.254.100 packages.macports.org
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 47303
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 8, ADDITIONAL: 8

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;packages.macports.org.         IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
packages.macports.org.  3600    IN      CNAME
packages.macports.netdna-cdn.com.
packages.macports.netdna-cdn.com. 300 IN A      198.232.124.36

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
netdna-cdn.com.         920     IN      NS      ns-97.awsdns-12.com.
netdna-cdn.com.         920     IN      NS      ns-946.awsdns-54.net.
netdna-cdn.com.         920     IN      NS      ns-1716.awsdns-22.co.uk.
netdna-cdn.com.         920     IN      NS      ns-1326.awsdns-37.org.
netdna-cdn.com.         920     IN      NS      dns1.p04.nsone.net.
netdna-cdn.com.         920     IN      NS      dns4.p04.nsone.net.
netdna-cdn.com.         920     IN      NS      dns2.p04.nsone.net.
netdna-cdn.com.         920     IN      NS      dns3.p04.nsone.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
dns1.p04.nsone.net.     18340   IN      A       198.51.44.4
dns2.p04.nsone.net.     18340   IN      A       198.51.45.4
dns3.p04.nsone.net.     18340   IN      A       198.51.44.68
dns4.p04.nsone.net.     18340   IN      A       198.51.45.68
ns-97.awsdns-12.com.    104732  IN      A       205.251.192.97
ns-946.awsdns-54.net.   104732  IN      A       205.251.195.178
ns-1326.awsdns-37.org.  65395   IN      A       205.251.197.46
ns-1716.awsdns-22.co.uk. 65395  IN      A       205.251.198.180

;; Query time: 37 msec
;; SERVER: 131.215.254.100#53(131.215.254.100)
;; WHEN: Sun Feb 28 19:59:58 2016
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 448

builder-osx-1:~ ram$

I have however found something else weird with this machine, when
trying to install a port I sometimes get the following:

:debug:archivefetch failed verification with key
/opt/local/share/macports/macports-pubkey.pem
:debug:archivefetch openssl output: couldn't create pipe: too many open files
:warn:archivefetch Failed to verify signature for archive!

This machine is sitting in a data centre in California and I'm
currently talking with the admin who stood it up to try and get to the
bottom of this as something is very weird...

Cheers

Adam