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OddFox
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 Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 10:50 am Post subject: My system thinks rsync.gentoo.org is localhost |
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Hey people, I've got quite a big issue going on here and I have no idea what to do.
I havn't emerge sync'ed for maybe 2 or 3 days now, and apparently now my system thinks that rsync.gentoo.org has the IP address of 127.0.0.1. I checked my /etc/hosts file and here's what it lists:
| Code: | oddfox@forest oddfox $ cat /etc/hosts
# /etc/hosts: This file describes a number of hostname-to-address
# mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem. It is mostly
# used at boot time, when no name servers are running.
# On small systems, this file can be used instead of a
# "named" name server. Just add the names, addresses
# and any aliases to this file...
# $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/hosts,v 1.7 2002/11/18 19:39:22 azarah Exp $
#
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.0.2 forest.neverwinter forest
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So there's no problem there, as far as I can see. Besides, it's what I've always had!
Someone help me please, I'm very eager to upgrade my installed packages! 
P.S. -- Yes, emerge is still otherwise functioning normally. I just emerged entrance (The login manager) about 5-6 hours ago and it completed fine. I did have ACPI/APIC crash my kernel about halfway through that, however, so maybe that could've freaked up my stuff? UGH, I hate it when I do stupid things like enable ACPI/APIC in my kernel when I know it will just take the system down at random intervals (If it boots at all). 
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Peregrine
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 10:55 am Post subject: |
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| I just did a DNS check using my own dns server, and its resolving rsync.gentoo.org as 127.0.0.1 as well, so it looks like somewhere the dns entry got changed |
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zmiq
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:00 am Post subject: |
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Yeah!
same here:
# nslookup rsync.gentoo.org
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Non-authoritative answer:
Name: rsync.gentoo.org
Address: 127.0.0.1 |
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OddFox
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:00 am Post subject: |
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Well I use Comcrap, so a DNS server messup wouldn't surprise me one bit.
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Peregrine
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:03 am Post subject: |
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| I also checked against the authorative servers as well, and they are also showing 127.0.0.1, however there is also a low TTL, so this may be a trick designed to stop people accessing the rsync mirrors until everything is sync'd up correctly again - just waiting for any actual news or announcements now |
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OddFox
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:05 am Post subject: |
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Alright the post is on the frontpage, this thread should be irrelevant now. Ah, I love closure. 
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raoulduke
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:05 am Post subject: |
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Same problem here. I used the DNS provided by my ISP - 127.0.0.1. Then I used a few other DNS servers, all point to 127.0.0.1.
I've used Gentoo for quite some time now on server machines and exactly today I wanted to switch over my workstation. Now I'm stuck and I can't do anything. I changed the rsync server to rsync.europe.gentoo.org, but they don't have the bootstrap scripts.
What can I do - I mean - exactly the day I want to install a new machine it goes foobar. |
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Bollie
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:06 am Post subject: Sure enough |
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| Quote: | | We are currently experiencing some problems with the server that hosts the master portage tree for Gentoo Linux. We are working to reectify the problem as soon as possible, but anticipate at least a few more hours of downtime. In the mean time, please avoid syncing your portage tree via the emerge sync command. Our apologies for the troubles. |
If all else fails, you can always use dig rsync.gentoo.org to find out if the DNS has been altered...[/b]
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raoulduke
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:11 am Post subject: |
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| That's a great answer I'm stuck with a bare machine without anything installed, only a LiveCD stage unpacked. Honestly, I'd like to install Gentoo, which means I must use 'emerge sync'. Well, I suppose it's just not my day then. |
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OddFox
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:12 am Post subject: |
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| raoulduke wrote: | | That's a great answer I'm stuck with a bare machine without anything installed, only a LiveCD stage unpacked. Honestly, I'd like to install Gentoo, which means I must use 'emerge sync'. Well, I suppose it's just not my day then. |
Wait a few hours.
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raoulduke
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:48 am Post subject: |
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I -uhm- used:
To get a temporary 'uptodate' portage snapshot. Luckily, it worked. I'm bootstrapping right now. I just copied the 'distfiles' folder from an other machine, so everything seems to be going well. |
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Krigg
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:52 am Post subject: |
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Oh, Ok, it makes sense that while they fix the problem, they keep the masses from loading their servers down and downloading bugged code...
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