I have had issues using rsync.namerica.gentoo.org and rsync.us.gentoo.org for syncing the Portage tree. If the rotation pulls up the IP "32.1.4.112", it always hangs for a while and eventually times out; thus, fails to sync. This IP pulls a very large percentage of the time with the namerica subdomain at both locations I manage. I tried setting it to use the us subdomain instead. The issue is less frequent, but occasionally happens with that rotation too. I have confirmed this to occur at two sites I manage in my area. Two of my systems here run sync operations once a day by vixie-cron; the other two I manually run the sync (one is my laptop, the other is a dual-booted PC). The other site I manage has one Gentoo system which runs sync operations once a day with vixie-cron. I have been forced to select a mirror manually rather than use the Portage rsync mirror rotation because of this issue. It has been ongoing for several weeks, if not months. Here is my "emerge --info" on one system (my laptop) with the information I used when the sync problems have occurred. If it would be helpful to you for the "emerge --info" from the other systems, I'd be glad to get that for you. Portage 2.1.1 (default-linux/x86/2006.0, gcc-3.4.6/vanilla, glibc-2.4-r3, 2.6.17-gentoo-r7 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.17-gentoo-r7 i686 Mobile AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2800+ Gentoo Base System version 1.12.5 Last Sync: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 00:00:08 +0000 app-admin/eselect-compiler: 2.0.0_rc2-r1 dev-java/java-config: 1.2.11-r1, 2.0.27-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.4.3-r1 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: [Not Present] dev-util/confcache: [Not Present] sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r3 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon-xp -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/eselect/compiler /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon-xp -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://gentoo.mirrors.easynews.com/linux/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirrors.tds.net/gentoo http://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo/ http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/gentoo" LINGUAS="en_US" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa apache2 apm arts berkdb bitmap-fonts cli crypt cups directfb dlloader dri eds elibc_glibc emboss encode esd fbcon foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imap imlib input_devices_joystick input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse input_devices_synaptics ipv6 isdnlog jpeg kde kdeenablefinal kernel_linux libg++ libwww linguas_en_US mad maildir mikmod mmx motif mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses nls nptl ogg opengl oss pam pcre perl png pppd python qt3 qt4 quicktime readline reflection sdl session spell spl ssl tcpd truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode userland_GNU vhosts video_cards_vesa vorbis xinerama xml xmms xorg xv zlib" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Well, we don't have a 32.* machine in either rotation, so I suspect a stale DNS at your end? $ dig rsync.us.gentoo.org ; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> rsync.us.gentoo.org ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 54827 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 11, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;rsync.us.gentoo.org. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: rsync.us.gentoo.org. 1760 IN A 209.189.242.21 rsync.us.gentoo.org. 1760 IN A 198.7.230.249 rsync.us.gentoo.org. 1760 IN A 156.56.247.193 rsync.us.gentoo.org. 1760 IN A 150.135.81.231 rsync.us.gentoo.org. 1760 IN A 141.219.155.230 rsync.us.gentoo.org. 1760 IN A 128.61.111.9 rsync.us.gentoo.org. 1760 IN A 128.213.5.35 rsync.us.gentoo.org. 1760 IN A 128.104.70.17 rsync.us.gentoo.org. 1760 IN A 216.176.132.235 rsync.us.gentoo.org. 1760 IN A 209.59.138.21 rsync.us.gentoo.org. 1760 IN A 209.221.142.124 ;; Query time: 4 msec ;; SERVER: 165.21.83.88#53(165.21.83.88) ;; WHEN: Tue Oct 10 15:24:00 2006 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 213 shyam@trinity ~ $ dig rsync.namerica.gentoo.org ; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> rsync.namerica.gentoo.org ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 63071 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 25, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;rsync.namerica.gentoo.org. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: rsync.namerica.gentoo.org. 1763 IN A 129.89.70.108 rsync.namerica.gentoo.org. 1763 IN A 128.61.111.9 rsync.namerica.gentoo.org. 1763 IN A 128.227.163.19 rsync.namerica.gentoo.org. 1763 IN A 128.213.5.35 rsync.namerica.gentoo.org. 1763 IN A 128.104.70.17 rsync.namerica.gentoo.org. 1763 IN A 69.56.146.174 rsync.namerica.gentoo.org. 1763 IN A 66.250.107.250 rsync.namerica.gentoo.org. 1763 IN A 66.244.203.203 rsync.namerica.gentoo.org. 1763 IN A 64.62.252.147 rsync.namerica.gentoo.org. 1763 IN A 216.194.64.133 rsync.namerica.gentoo.org. 1763 IN A 216.176.132.235 rsync.namerica.gentoo.org. 1763 IN A 216.165.129.134 rsync.namerica.gentoo.org. 1763 IN A 209.59.138.21 rsync.namerica.gentoo.org. 1763 IN A 209.221.142.124 rsync.namerica.gentoo.org. 1763 IN A 209.189.242.21 rsync.namerica.gentoo.org. 1763 IN A 208.209.50.18 rsync.namerica.gentoo.org. 1763 IN A 206.75.218.53 rsync.namerica.gentoo.org. 1763 IN A 198.7.230.249 rsync.namerica.gentoo.org. 1763 IN A 160.36.178.159 rsync.namerica.gentoo.org. 1763 IN A 156.56.247.193 rsync.namerica.gentoo.org. 1763 IN A 150.135.81.231 rsync.namerica.gentoo.org. 1763 IN A 142.77.49.220 rsync.namerica.gentoo.org. 1763 IN A 141.219.155.230 rsync.namerica.gentoo.org. 1763 IN A 134.153.48.2 rsync.namerica.gentoo.org. 1763 IN A 132.207.4.160 ;; Query time: 8 msec ;; SERVER: 165.21.83.88#53(165.21.83.88) ;; WHEN: Tue Oct 10 15:24:05 2006 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 443
(In reply to comment #1) > Well, we don't have a 32.* machine in either rotation, so I suspect a > stale DNS at your end? There was previously, and for some time. This occurred at two physically different sites. Since it appears it has been removed, I'll go back to using the rotation. Thanks.
