3.5 update servers "seem to be unavailable"?

Julian Fitzell julian at beta4.com
Fri Jun 20 00:13:57 UTC 2003


You sure that's the network rewrite?  I'm pretty sure I've been seeing 
that for a while now...

Julian

Doug Way wrote:
> 
> And then there is that oddity where the "SqC Internal Updates*" group 
> shows up now in the latest 3.6alpha, which somehow snuck in during the 
> network rewrite.  I can take a look at that... probably just need a 
> do-it which removes that server from some server list.  (Although having 
> the extra group is harmless for now, there are no extra updates in there.)
> 
> - Doug Way
> 
> 
> Doug Way wrote:
> 
>> Ned Konz wrote:
>>
>>> I was able to update a 3.6 image without complaint.
>>> However, when I tried to update a 3.5-5180 image, I get a complaint 
>>> that "all update servers seem to be unavailable".
>>> Is this a real problem?
>>>  
>>>
>>
>> I'm seeing the same thing at the moment.  I think I know what's going 
>> on here... the main (UIUC) updates site happens to be down right now 
>> for whatever reason. (although it seems that I can ftp to it 
>> directly... hmm)
>>
>> When you try to load updates and tell it to use the Squeak Public 
>> Updates (North American) group of servers, it tries both the UIUC site 
>> and the backup site.  Early on during 3.6alpha we changed the backup 
>> updates site from squeaklet.com (Michael Rueger's machine) to one at 
>> squeakfoundation.com.  It looks like Michael has probably finally 
>> taken down squeaklet.com for his own use, which he was planning to do 
>> eventually.  So, in 3.5, both North American servers (UIUC and 
>> squeaklet.com) are down, but in 3.6, the squeakfoundation server is 
>> still up.
>>
>> However, in 3.5, you can still choose to update with the European 
>> Squeak Updates group, and that works.
>>
>> I'm guessing UIUC should come back up soon...
>>
>> - Doug Way
>>
>>
> 
> 
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