Solved FreeBSD Update Stalling

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Mayhem30

I'm having an issue with freebsd-update stalling when checking for updates. The stall happens at different stages each time I run it.

My server is only used for backup purposes, so it has 0.0% load on it at all times. Any ideas where to start troubleshooting this?

When it stalls, the cursor hangs on the last line for about 30 seconds before continuing. I'm on a 250/250 fiber connection.

Code: 
$ sudo portsnap fetch update
Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 6 mirrors found.
Fetching snapshot tag from your-org.portsnap.freebsd.org...


$ sudo portsnap fetch update
Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 6 mirrors found.
Fetching snapshot tag from your-org.portsnap.freebsd.org... done.
Fetching snapshot metadata... done.
Updating from Sat May  5 12:32:18 PDT 2018 to Sat May  5 17:03:23 PDT 2018.
Fetching 5 metadata patches.


$ sudo portsnap fetch update
Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 6 mirrors found.
Fetching snapshot tag from your-org.portsnap.freebsd.org... done.
Fetching snapshot metadata... done.
Updating from Sun May  6 05:01:24 PDT 2018 to Sun May  6 08:12:43 PDT 2018.
Fetching 5 metadata patches... done.
Applying metadata patches... done.
Fetching 0 metadata files... done.
Fetching 29 patches.
(0/29) 0.00%
 
Looks like it is stalling in the "fetching ..." stage. Could it be that the network to the outside world (to the FreeBSD mirrors) is slow, unreliable, or overloaded?

Try netstat -I ... to see the total load on the network, try tcpdump to see which node the packets are going to, try ping to see whether that node is reachable, and try a few simple wget to see that http traffic to it goes at reasonable speed. If the problem is intermittent, it might be hard to detect, which makes it hard to debug.
 
netstat -I shows no entries. Also, wget works just fine, and I can connect / download at max speed without any issues.
 
Does name resolving work correctly? If you have two DNS servers in /etc/resolv.conf and the first server is not working it will 'stall' waiting for a time-out before the system tries the second DNS server in the list. The tool does a lot of fetching and each of those would have this delay.
 
I have only entry in /etc/resolve.conf.
Code: 
# use our local (unbound) dns server for local queries
nameserver 127.0.0.1

When I ping various domain names, it resolves right away. Here are my unbound stats :
Code: 
thread0.recursion.time.avg=18.562135
thread0.recursion.time.median=0.0715201
 
You are having problems with that particular portsnap mirror and not freebsd-update. I was having the same problem with that mirror and SERVERNAME=ec2-eu-west-1.portsnap.freebsd.org in /etc/portsnap.conf did the trick.
 
gkontos said:
You are having problems with that particular portsnap mirror and not freebsd-update. I was having the same problem with that mirror and SERVERNAME=ec2-eu-west-1.portsnap.freebsd.org in /etc/portsnap.conf did the trick.
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That appears to be the issue. Once I changed the servername in /etc/portsnap.conf, it fixed the problem.

I have since reverted the changes and it appears the default server (portsnap.FreeBSD.org) is behaving properly again.
 
tried the above solution with SERVERNAME=ec2-eu-west-1.portsnap.freebsd.org in /etc/portsnap.conf . It did not help at all. Tried freebsdupdate5.freebsd.org in /etc/freebsd-update.conf and it doesn't help either.

its like watching paint dry, with paint drying faster than the fetching patches.

What is pasted below has been running for 45 minutes....
Code: 
Does this look reasonable (y/n)? y

Fetching metadata signature for 11.3-RELEASE from update5.FreeBSD.org... done.
Fetching metadata index... done.
Fetching 1 metadata patches. done.
Applying metadata patches... done.
Fetching 1 metadata files... done.
Inspecting system... done.
Fetching files from 11.2-RELEASE for merging... done.
Preparing to download files... done.
Fetching 9077 patches.....10....20....30....40....50....60....70....80....90....100....110....120....130....140....150....160....170....180....190....200....210....220....230....240....250....260....270....280....290....300....310....320....330....340....350....360....370....380....390....400....410....420....430....440....450....460....470....480....490....500....510....520....530....540....550....560....570....580....590....600....610....620....630....640....650....660....670....680....690....700....710....720....730....740....750....760....770....780....790....800....810....820....830....840....850....860....870....880....890....900....910....920....930....940....950....960....970....980....990....1000....1010....1020....1030....1040....1050....1060....1070....1080....1090....1100....1110....1120....1130....1140....1150....1160....1170....1180....1190....1200....1210....1220....1230....1240....1250....1260....1270....1280....1290....1300....1310....1320....1330....1340....1350....1360....1370....1380....1390....1400....1410....1420....1430....1440....1450....1460....1470....1480....1490....1500....1510....1520....1530....1540....1550....1560....1570....1580....1590....1600....1610....1620....1630....1640....1650....1660....1670....1680....1690....1700....1710....1720....1730....1740....1750....1760....1770....1780....1790....1800....1810....1820....1830....1840....1850....1860....1870....1880....1890....1900....1910....1920....1930....1940....1950....1960....1970....1980....1990....2000....2010....2020....2030....2040....2050....2060....2070....2080....2090....2100....2110....2120....2130....2140....2150....2160....2170....2180....2190....2200....2210....2220....2230....2240....2250....2260....2270....2280....2290....2300....2310....2320....2330....2340....2350....2360....2370....2380....2390....2400....2410....2420....2430....2440....2450....2460....2470....2480....2490....2500....2510....2520....2530....2540....2550....2560....2570....2580....2590....2600....2610....2620....2630....2640....2650....2660....2670....2680....2690....2700....2710....2720....2730....2740....2750....2760....2770....2780....2790....2800....2810....2820....2830....2840....2850....2860....2870....2880....2890....2900....2910....2920....2930....2940....2950....2960....2970....2980....2990....3000....3010....3020....3030....3040....3050....3060....3070....3080....3090....3100....3110....3120....3130....3140....3150....3160....3170....3180....3190....3200....3210....3220....3230....3240....3250....3260....3270....3280....3290....3300....3310....3320....3330....3340....3350....3360....3370....3380....3390....3400....3410....3420....3430....3440....3450....3460....3470....3480....3490....3500....3510....3520....3530....3540....3550....3560....3570....3580....3590....3600....3610....3620....3630....3640....3650....3660....3670....3680....3690....3700....3710....3720....3730....3740....3750....3760....3770....3780....3790....3800....3810....3820....3830....3840....3850....3860....3870....3880....3890....3900....3910....3920....3930....3940....3950....3960....3970....3980....3990....4000....4010....4020....4030....4040....4050....4060....4070....4080....4090....4100....4110....4120....4130....4140....4150....4160....4170....4180....4190....4200....4210....4220....4230....4240....4250....4260....4270....4280....4290....4300....4310....4320....4330....4340....4350....4360....4370....4380....4390....4400....4410....4420....4430....4440....4450....4460....4470....4480....4490....4500....4510....4520....4530....4540....4550....4560....4570....4580....4590....4600....4610....4620....4630....4640....4650....4660....4670....4680....4690....4700....4710....4720....4730....4740....4750....4760....4770....4780....4790....4800....4810....4820....4830....4840....4850....4860....4870....4880....4890....4900....4910....4920....4930....4940....4950....4960....4970....4980....4990....5000....5010....5020....5030....5040....5050....5060....5070....5080....5090....5100....5110....5120....5130....5140....5150....5160....5170....5180....5190....5200....5210....5220....5230....5240....5250....5260....5270....5280....5290....5300....5310....5320....5330....5340....5350....5360....5370....5380....5390....5400....5410....5420....5430....5440....5450....5460....5470....5480....5490....5500....5510....5520....5530....5540....5550....5560....5570....5580....5590....5600....5610....5620....5630....5640....5650....5660....5670....5680....5690....5700....5710....5720....5730....5740....5750....5760....5770....5780....5790....5800....5810....5820....5830....5840....5850....5860....5870....5880....5890....5900....5910....5920....5930....5940....5950....5960....5970...
Really sucks.
 
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