Re: Is Macports down?

2017-03-12 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Tue, 7 Mar 2017, Brandon Allbery wrote: > DNS uses udp (and some tcp). I'd be really surprised if it blocked > /all/ udp packets (and if so, I would get my provider to replace > it or let me replace it with something that didn't suck). > > Usuually this is trying to force y

Re: Is Macports down?

2017-03-08 Thread Ryan Schmidt
> On Mar 8, 2017, at 10:20, Dave Horsfall wrote: > > the Mac pretends to be Unix, but Unix it ain't. Since words do still have meanings, I have to point out that macOS is a certified POSIX-compliant UNIX OS. https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/apple.htm

Re: Is Macports down?

2017-03-08 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Mon, 6 Mar 2017, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > > Hmmm... Still busted here (Australia) so it's either regional or > > local. > > In Australia you should be using your local Australian mirror (aarnet) > anyway for better performance: > > https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Mirrors Done... As I've said

Re: Is Macports down?

2017-03-07 Thread Brandon Allbery
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 10:59 AM, Daniel J. Luke wrote: > DNS uses udp (and some tcp). I'd be really surprised if it blocked /all/ > udp packets (and if so, I would get my provider to replace it or let me > replace it with something that didn't suck). Usuually this is trying to force you to use

Re: Is Macports down?

2017-03-07 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Tue, 7 Mar 2017, Daniel J. Luke wrote: > DNS uses udp (and some tcp). I'd be really surprised if it blocked /all/ > udp packets (and if so, I would get my provider to replace it or let me > replace it with something that didn't suck). To clarify: DNS works OK, but nothing else on UDP does.

Re: Is Macports down?

2017-03-07 Thread Daniel J. Luke
On Mar 7, 2017, at 10:55 AM, Dave Horsfall wrote: > On Tue, 7 Mar 2017, Dave Horsfall wrote: > A posting on an unrelated subject reminded me about something: I recently > upgraded my broadband service from ADSL (copper) to fibre, and a new > router was supplied. I've since discovered that the r

Re: Is Macports down?

2017-03-07 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Tue, 7 Mar 2017, Dave Horsfall wrote: > Thanks; that nails it to my back yard, then :-( A posting on an unrelated subject reminded me about something: I recently upgraded my broadband service from ADSL (copper) to fibre, and a new router was supplied. I've since discovered that the router (

Re: Is Macports down?

2017-03-06 Thread Horst Simon
> On 7 Mar 2017, at 14:32, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > > > On Mar 6, 2017, at 17:07, Dave Horsfall wrote: > >> Hmmm... Still busted here (Australia) so it's either regional or local. > > In Australia you should be using your local Australian mirror (aarnet) anyway > for better performance: > > h

Re: Is Macports down?

2017-03-06 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Mar 6, 2017, at 17:07, Dave Horsfall wrote: > Hmmm... Still busted here (Australia) so it's either regional or local. In Australia you should be using your local Australian mirror (aarnet) anyway for better performance: https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Mirrors

Re: Is Macports down?

2017-03-06 Thread Ian Wadham
On 07/03/2017, at 10:07 AM, Dave Horsfall wrote: > On Mon, 6 Mar 2017, Daniel J. Luke wrote: >> it's working for me right now. > > Hmmm... Still busted here (Australia) so it's either regional or local. > > Any other Aussies on the list? Seems to be working for me --- in Melbourne. Ian W. Tara

Re: Is Macports down?

2017-03-06 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Tue, 7 Mar 2017, Peter West wrote: > Just did a selfupdate. 9:30am AEST. Thanks; that nails it to my back yard, then :-( -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."

Re: Is Macports down?

2017-03-06 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Mon, 6 Mar 2017, Daniel J. Luke wrote: > it's working for me right now. Hmmm... Still busted here (Australia) so it's either regional or local. Any other Aussies on the list? -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."

Re: Is Macports down?

2017-03-06 Thread Daniel J. Luke
On Mar 6, 2017, at 4:08 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote: > ozzie:~ [16]# port -v selfupdate > ---> Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync > rsync: failed to connect to rsync.macports.org: Operation timed out (60) > rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at > /BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple

Is Macports down?

2017-03-06 Thread Dave Horsfall
ozzie:~ [16]# port -v selfupdate ---> Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync rsync: failed to connect to rsync.macports.org: Operation timed out (60) rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at /BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/rsync/rsync-51/rsync/clientserver.c(106) [rece