mxcl/homebrew — Issue #9608: macports SVN server unreliable ( ie currently down).
Author: davidbuzz
Created: 2012-01-16 03:06:38+00:00
State: open

I am unable to get to macports svn server for quite some time. it appears to be down for the count, and is breaking a lot of scripts, incliding libffi and others.

it's not a local network problem , as I can connect to google.com and www.macports just fine. it's specific to that server.

[ /usr/local ] ping svn.macports.org
PING iota4.macosforge.org (17.254.20.240): 56 data bytes
Request timeout for icmp_seq 0
Request timeout for icmp_seq 1
^C
--- iota4.macosforge.org ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss

[ /usr/local ] ping google.com
PING google.com (74.125.237.148): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 74.125.237.148: icmp_seq=0 ttl=57 time=19.025 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.237.148: icmp_seq=1 ttl=57 time=17.789 ms
^C
--- google.com ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 17.789/18.407/19.025/0.618 ms

[ /usr/local ] ping www.macports.org
PING kappa4.macosforge.org (17.254.20.236): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 17.254.20.236: icmp_seq=0 ttl=47 time=184.461 ms
64 bytes from 17.254.20.236: icmp_seq=1 ttl=47 time=179.971 ms
^C
--- kappa4.macosforge.org ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 179.971/182.216/184.461/2.245 ms