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

[Derek Gaston]

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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