#39868: DNS warning updating outdated --------------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: graziosi.angelo@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 2.2.0 Resolution: wontfix | Keywords: Port: | --------------------------------+-------------------------------- Comment (by cal@…): Replying to [comment:8 graziosi.angelo@…]:
In short, the user typing a not existent site is redirected to a page (212.48....) proposing some alternative suggestions.
Yes, that's exactly the situation this test is supposed to detect.\\ Why is this a problem? Well, sometimes mirrors MacPorts tries to use cease to exist. Normally, DNS resolution would fail and MacPorts would just gracefully try the next mirror. However, in this case, DNS resolution actually does not fail and MacPorts continues to download the file from this server. Since MacPorts tries to find the fastest server out of a given set of mirrors and these "services" are often run by providers which are rather close to you, MacPorts often ends up trying to use these "mirrors", downloading an incorrect file and aborting installation. This warning is to remind you that this might happen; you should keep it in mind if you see a checksum error.
it seems that I have to live with the MacPorts warning... :-(
Most ISPs offering this "service" have a way to turn it off in their control panel settings. You might want to check that (or even call them and tell them to stop trying to be "helpful"). ISPs can also not force you to use their DNS servers – there is a series of alternative DNS servers available that you could configure your setup to use instead to work around this problem, if you want to. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/39868#comment:9> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X