In trying to work out why I was getting this: > >>> Syncing repository 'gentoo' into '/usr/portage'... > /usr/bin/git fetch origin --verbose -k --no-tags --show-forced-updates -4 > Looking up anongit.gentoo.org ... fatal: unable to look up anongit.gentoo.org (port 9418) (Name or service not known) And subsequently, this: > host -4 -t A anongit.gentoo.org > Host anongit.gentoo.org not found: 2(SERVFAIL) I stumbled into the discovery that ns2.gentoo.org can't be reached from anywhere I can find, either by ping or DNS query. > host -v -t A -4 anongit.gentoo.org ns2.gentoo.org > Trying "anongit.gentoo.org" > ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached ns2.gentoo.org. 39683 IN A 194.116.76.134 > mtr -4 -w -b -z -G 10 -c 5 -r ns2.gentoo.org > Start: 2020-07-27T22:53:47+1200 > HOST: katipo2 Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev > 1. AS??? fritz.box (192.168.178.1) 0.0% 5 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.0 > 2. AS23655 12.7.69.111.static.snap.net.nz (111.69.7.12) 0.0% 5 2.4 2.9 2.4 4.8 1.0 > 3. AS??? ??? 100.0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 > 4. AS3257 ip4.gtt.net (173.205.37.2) 0.0% 5 143.1 143.1 142.9 143.4 0.2 > 5. AS3257 et-0-0-23-0-200.cr3-lax2.ip4.gtt.net (173.205.37.1) 0.0% 5 143.3 144.4 143.2 147.3 1.8 > 6. AS3257 xe-9-1-1.cr0-trn3.ip4.gtt.net (89.149.187.49) 0.0% 5 291.5 291.6 291.5 292.0 0.2 > 7. AS3257 consorzio-gw.ip4.gtt.net (141.136.97.102) 0.0% 5 294.2 292.7 292.0 294.2 0.9 > 8. AS??? ??? 100.0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Confirmed loss of route with both: https://ping.eu/traceroute/ And http://traceroute-online.com/
ns2 removed from DNS temporarily pending a new host being provisioned on that name. The old host will not return on the same IP due to hardware failure.
If you need a new host, I can provide you one, either from AS204092 or AS208627
