Re: pkgsrc-wip dns trouble

["Jeremy C. Reed" <reed%reedmedia.net@localhost>]

On Sun, 21 Nov 2010, Aleksey Cheusov wrote:

> > I can no longer access the pkgsrc-wip CVS repository.
> 
> > It seems the server name is gone from the DNS:
> 
> > $ host pkgsrc-wip.cvs.sourceforge.net
> > Host pkgsrc-wip.cvs.sourceforge.net not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
> 
> And you are not alone. pkgsrc-wip.cvs host is not accessible for me too
> for entire day from all hosts I have access to.
> 
> Thomas?

It is not pkgsrc-wip specific.

CNAME loop. Complain to their DNS admins. (I sent one email to them 
already hours ago. No response. No fix.)

$ dig postbooks.cvs.sf.net @ns-2.ch3.sourceforge.com.

; <<>> DiG 9.5.0-P2 <<>> postbooks.cvs.sf.net @ns-2.ch3.sourceforge.com.
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 9095
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;postbooks.cvs.sf.net.          IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
postbooks.cvs.sf.net.   3600    IN      CNAME   postbooks.cvs.sourceforge.net.
postbooks.cvs.sourceforge.net. 3600 IN  CNAME   p.cvs.sourceforge.net.
p.cvs.sourceforge.net.  3600    IN      CNAME   p.cvs.sourceforge.net.

;; Query time: 37 msec
;; SERVER: 216.34.181.22#53(216.34.181.22)
;; WHEN: Sat Nov 20 19:06:33 2010
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 108