Jason Dagit <dag...@gmail.com> writes: > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Greg Fitzgerald <gari...@gmail.com> wrote: >> "cabal update" hangs. "ping haskell.org" times out. But haskell.org and >> hackage webpages are loading just fine. What's going on?
> Lots of servers turn off ICMP packet responses these days Because users don't really need error messages, that's privileged information for system administrators. > so ping isn't as reliable as it once was for detecting when a server is > running. Looks like haskell.org isn't one of them. CON:~ % ping haskell.org PING haskell.org (78.46.100.180) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from lambda.haskell.org (78.46.100.180): icmp_req=1 ttl=48 time=53.8 ms 64 bytes from lambda.haskell.org (78.46.100.180): icmp_req=2 ttl=48 time=52.4 ms 64 bytes from lambda.haskell.org (78.46.100.180): icmp_req=3 ttl=48 time=52.5 ms ^C --- haskell.org ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2000ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 52.451/52.935/53.804/0.670 ms > I'm not sure why cabal update would hang. It takes a while to complete with no visual feedback. Perhaps the network is just slow? Or perhaps the web pages are cached somewhere along the way? -k -- If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe