I made the same experience with that mirror, which is why I switched to pkg0.isc.freebsd.org for the time being.I thought it was only me that had terrible download rates from that mirror (http://pkg0.bme.freebsd.org/).
It was ok briefly in Feb (~1-2MB/sec) but last few weeks have been abysmal (~100-200KB/sec).
I made the same experience with that mirror, which is why I switched to pkg0.isc.freebsd.org for the time being.
--- pkg0.bme.freebsd.org ping statistics ---
106 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss
--- pkg0.isc.freebsd.org ping statistics ---
102 packets transmitted, 102 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 164.632/175.731/277.719/23.305 ms
--- pkg0.nyi.freebsd.org ping statistics ---
101 packets transmitted, 101 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 77.470/87.701/183.182/14.820 ms
I'm afraid no.still no update?
PING pkg0.bme.freebsd.org (213.138.116.73): 56 data bytes
92 bytes from 213.138.116.46: Destination Host Unreachable
http://pkg.freebsd.orgWe use MaxMind GeoLite based geo-dns to choose a close mirror for you.
IMPORTANT: We do NOT guarantee uptime of any particular mirror. We provide SRV fallbacks for redundancy.
Mark Egan-Fuller |
Bytemark Platform Team |
I know but lets be real. It is offline for some time now, no status update, no ones seems to be working on it.
Mark Egan-Fuller Staff - 02/04/2020 4:40 PM Hi Matthias, We've had a response from FreeBSD: * The mirror was turned off as it was having technical issues * People should not be using this mirror directly and should instead be using the GeoDNS routing provided by pkg.freebsd.org. * It is currently back online but it may be turned off again at any moment. * Direct connections to this mirror are not supported at this time. Regards, So this sheds some light. Would be great to have a status site where we can check for such issues instead of keep left in the dark |
pkg-static bootstrap -f
is needed to force a re-installation of pkg.Ports and packages have nothing to do with the FreeBSD version. All versions of FreeBSD use the exact same ports tree.I am not yet on current, still not adventurous enough
Ports and packages have nothing to do with the FreeBSD version. All versions of FreeBSD use the exact same ports tree.