Re: pkg_add update stalling

2010-04-25 Thread Brynet
Hi, I'd recommend using an HTTP mirror for pkg_add(8), arguably less protocol overhead. -Bryan.

Re: pkg_add update stalling

2010-04-25 Thread Marc Espie
On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 02:04:37AM +0200, frantisek holop wrote: > hmm, on Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 11:07:15PM +0100, Stuart Henderson said that > > the ftp problems are only when going through ftp-proxy(8) which > > mangles the SYNCH sequence needed to interrupt transfers. if you can > > avoid ftp-pro

Re: pkg_add update stalling

2010-04-24 Thread frantisek holop
hmm, on Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 11:07:15PM +0100, Stuart Henderson said that > the ftp problems are only when going through ftp-proxy(8) which > mangles the SYNCH sequence needed to interrupt transfers. if you can > avoid ftp-proxy then ftp should a similar speed to http. no proxy involved tis case

Re: pkg_add update stalling

2010-04-24 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2010/04/25 00:45, Antti Harri wrote: > > There used to be some problems with large packages > and FTP sites. Maybe some of the devs could say > if this still is relevant or not. The symptoms > sound the same at least to me. > > Anyway you will most likely get far better throughput if you use >

Re: pkg_add update stalling

2010-04-24 Thread frantisek holop
hmm, on Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 12:45:04AM +0300, Antti Harri said that > > There used to be some problems with large packages > and FTP sites. Maybe some of the devs could say > if this still is relevant or not. The symptoms > sound the same at least to me. the packages in question weren't particul

Re: pkg_add update stalling

2010-04-24 Thread Antti Harri
There used to be some problems with large packages and FTP sites. Maybe some of the devs could say if this still is relevant or not. The symptoms sound the same at least to me. Anyway you will most likely get far better throughput if you use http, try http://ftp.fr.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapsh

Re: pkg_add update stalling

2010-04-24 Thread frantisek holop
same snapshot, different notebook, can't reproduce this. it just upgraded everything. (although way fewer packages) sigh. -f -- courage is fear that has said its prayers.

Re: pkg_add update stalling

2010-04-24 Thread frantisek holop
hmm, on Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 10:39:57PM +0200, frantisek holop said that > i am not sure what's going on... > after the interruption, the package is not marked > as needing update anymore... oops. i cannot install it again. but if i start the update again, it gets updated. (meanwhile the update

Re: pkg_add update stalling

2010-04-24 Thread frantisek holop
i am not sure what's going on... after the interruption, the package is not marked as needing update anymore... the rest of the story: [...] ipython-0.10 (extracting)|*|100% Adjusting sha for /usr/local/share/examples/ipython/kernel/pkg.lM4jYRP1TK f

pkg_add update stalling

2010-04-24 Thread frantisek holop
hi there, i have installed the latest snapshot and i am in the process of updating my packages. now for the second time the upgrade process came to a total halt at 100% of a package (this time: ipython-0.10). disk activity:0, network activity: 0. nothing is happening. (PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.fr.op