Contributed by grey on from the only thing worse than backups is needing to restore from them dept.
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109837503116244&w=2
It looks like CVS may be having a few issues at the moment, but it sounds like people are working to rectify the problem, so hopefully all will be functioning normally again soon (perhaps by the time you read this). Now might also be a good time to mention that I seem to recall there still being a DLT autoloader on the want page for those looking to help improve OpenBSD's backup infrastructure.
UPDATE Looks like things are back to normal on anoncvs.ca.openbsd.org, and mirrors will be catching up as well.
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Just like there was no explanation for the missing snapshots.
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109836998601774&w=2
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By Nick Holland (68.43.115.33) nick@holland-consulting.net on http://www.openbsd.org/faq/
At the time I posted that message, we had no idea what had happened yet, other than something happened high-up in the distribution system, and just wanted to let people know that we were aware of the issue. However, later, Todd Miller posted two notes (misc@ and www@) to explain what happened. The snapshots were also explained. The fact that you didn't recieve a personal notification or were incapable of reading plain English does not mean there was no explaination.
ok, ok, ok.. you want the real truth?
how about this: Aliens have have contracted Theo to upgrade the OS used on their war machines in preparation for invading unnamed planets. Seems their previous OSs had vulnerabilies that their enemies had exploited. So, to further their plans, the 3.6 CDs have all been blanked, the CVS and the FTP mirrors are all emptied. In payment, Theo has been promised some wonderful craters to mountain bike on and the opportunity to select some targets and "push the button" of various high-powered weapons.
Me? I've been contracted to translate the FAQ into the aliens' native language. While the script they use normally causes insanity in humans, decades of reading my own handwriting has rendered me immune to this, making me almost uniquely qualified. In payment, they have offered me unlimited access to old computer parts and a power source that can keep the systems running and cooled indefinitely.
Certainly more plausable than sup having screwed up on the first layer of the distribution tree, which then got replicated. No idea how we EVER expected anyone to believe that. Silly us. Won't matter soon, anyway. *hehehe*
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Since you didn't provide the two links, I'll take the liberty and chose what is relevant to our discussion;
misc@ message:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109837503116244&w=2
"The mirror on anoncvs.ca.openbsd.org is hosed and the damage
propagated to the other mirrors. It is in the process of being
repaired."
What does "hosed", "damage", and "repaired" mean in this case? Nothing, it is vague; it EXPLAINS NOTHING. Very similar to the so called explanation of why the snapshots do not exist.
Keep note, that my last statement regarding the snapshots is a "Red Herring", a fallacy of relevance. So, not relevant to our discussion, but my brain found a connection between this, and that, and must mention it. :P
www@ message(I didn't know of this message until now that I've looked):
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-www&m=109837478414507&w=2
"sup on anoncvs.ca.openbsd.org went haywire and the damage
propagated to the other mirrors."
This says a lot more than the message to misc@. Software did something unexpected, and "haywire" and "damage" mean a lot more in this context. However, NOTHING has been EXPLAINED.
Why did "sup" behave as it did? I would be comfortable with a "we don't know yet".
Here is "explain" defined;
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
explain
v 1: make palin and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of
physics to his students" [syn: explicate]
2: define; "The committe explained their plan for fund-raising
to the Dean"
3: serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need
to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work";
"Her recent divorce amy explain her reluctance to date
again" [syn: excuse]
By definition, NOTHING was EXPLAINED in regards to the "event".
By the way, I enjoyed the fiction; especially the part about an indefinate power source and old hardware. 8)
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This leaves me with just one question: Do the aliens use baby mulchers?
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Knowing what caused the episode might be marginally interesting, though.
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By Michael Knudsen (217.157.199.114) on
www.openbsd.org has address 129.128.5.191
kosmos$ host anoncvs.ca.openbsd.org
anoncvs.ca.openbsd.org is an alias for openbsd.sunsite.ualberta.ca.
openbsd.sunsite.ualberta.ca has address 129.128.5.191
http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq8.html#wwwsolaris
Now, could we kill this one off?
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The mantra for misc@ should be "please don't feed the trolls"
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