[petsc-dev] [petsc-users] ftp.mcs.anl.gov is down - breaking petsc builds with --download-package

[Derek Gaston]

Thanks for getting back to me - must be something about my environment here
(ftp might even be blocked currently - although I did try from two
different networks).  I was able to get what I needed by using "http" for
now.  Sorry for the traffic.

Derek

On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 4:54 PM Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

> Both ftp and http work fine for me..
>
> balay at asterix /home/balay/petsc.x/petsc (balay/test=)
> $ lftp ftp://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/petsc/externalpackages
> cd ok, cwd=/pub/petsc/externalpackages
> lftp ftp.mcs.anl.gov:/pub/petsc/externalpackages> ls |head
> -rw-r-----   1 ftp      ftp             0 Nov 18  2016 ==33186==
> -rw-r-----   1 ftp      ftp        828346 May  2  2013 Chaco-2.2-p1.tar.gz
> -rw-r-----   1 ftp      ftp       1981220 Sep 23  2014 Chaco-2.2-p2.tar.gz
> -rw-r-----   1 ftp      ftp        828295 Oct 23  2009 Chaco-2.2.tar.gz
> -rw-r-----   1 ftp      ftp       1685576 Feb 16  2015
> Elemental-0.85-p1.tar.gz
> -rw-r-----   1 ftp      ftp        112597 Mar 28  2012 Generator.tar.gz
> -rw-r-----   1 ftp      ftp       2471411 Nov 18  2011
> MUMPS_4.10.0-p1.tar.gz
> -rw-r-----   1 ftp      ftp       2471465 Feb 26  2012
> MUMPS_4.10.0-p2.tar.gz
> -rw-r-----   1 ftp      ftp       2440565 Mar 15  2012
> MUMPS_4.10.0-p3.tar.gz
> -rw-r-----   1 ftp      ftp       2439922 Aug 17  2011 MUMPS_4.10.0.tar.gz
> lftp ftp.mcs.anl.gov:/pub/petsc/externalpackages> exit
> balay at asterix /home/balay/petsc.x/petsc (balay/test=)
> $ lftp http://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/petsc/externalpackages
> cd: received redirection to `
> http://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/petsc/externalpackages/'
> cd ok, cwd=/pub/petsc/externalpackages
> lftp ftp.mcs.anl.gov:/pub/petsc/externalpackages> ls |head
> drwxr-xr-x  --  ..
> -rw-r--r--            0  2016-11-18 11:03  ==33186==
> -rw-r--r--         809K  2013-05-01 22:00  Chaco-2.2-p1.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r--         1.9M  2014-09-23 13:52  Chaco-2.2-p2.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r--         809K  2009-10-22 19:53  Chaco-2.2.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r--         1.6M  2015-02-16 14:21  Elemental-0.85-p1.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r--         110K  2012-03-27 19:22  Generator.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r--         2.4M  2011-11-18 13:59  MUMPS_4.10.0-p1.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r--         2.4M  2012-02-25 21:05  MUMPS_4.10.0-p2.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r--         2.3M  2012-03-14 22:57  MUMPS_4.10.0-p3.tar.gz
> ls: Broken pipe
> lftp ftp.mcs.anl.gov:/pub/petsc/externalpackages> exit
>
>
> Satish
>
> On Thu, 5 Apr 2018, Derek Gaston wrote:
>
> > Is ftp access down again?  The download links on the PETSc website appear
> > to just stall...
> >
> > Derek
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 9:52 AM Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> >
> > > ftp.mcs.anl.gov is now back online [serving ftp:// -  http:// is not
> yet
> > > enabled]
> > >
> > > petsc configure builds with --download-package option should now work.
> > >
> > > For direct tarball download - switching the URL from
> > > http://ftp.mcs.anl.gov to ftp://ftp.mcs.anl.gov notation is the
> > > temporary workaround. For eg:
> > >
> > > change:
> > > http://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/petsc/release-snapshots/petsc-3.8.4.tar.gz
> > > to:
> > > ftp://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/petsc/release-snapshots/petsc-3.8.4.tar.gz
> > >
> > > Satish
> > >
> > > On Thu, 29 Mar 2018, Satish Balay wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > We've been informed by the site admin that ftp.mcs.anl.gov is taken
> > > > down due to 'cyber incident' - there is no ETA on when it will be
> > > > back.
> > > >
> > > > We've been using it the primary host for distributing petsc tarballs
> > > > and hosting some externalpackage tarballs - so some of the petsc
> buils
> > > > with '--download-package' option are failing.
> > > >
> > > > Obtaining petsc [and some most externalpackages] via git should work.
> > > >
> > > > I will update when ftp.mcs.anl.gov is brought back up.
> > > >
> > > > Satish
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
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