Re: fetch from pkg.freebsd.org fails: Not Implemented

Hi Ryan,

Thanks for the quick response.
I monitored and don't see the "501 Not Implemented" happening anymore. I will keep an eye on this.

Can you share what you did to fix it?

NB: I see another issue with the server, but I will open a new mail thread for it.

Regards,
Ronald.

 
Van: Ryan Steinmetz <[email protected]>
Datum: vrijdag, 9 januari 2026 17:58
Aan: Ronald Klop <[email protected]>
Onderwerp: Re: fetch from pkg.freebsd.org fails: Not Implemented
> 
> On (01/09/26 17:53), Ronald Klop wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I run my script every 3 hours and it fetches multiple data.pkg files. Most of them are successful, only a few give an error.
> >
> >The one below happened on: >+<<< Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:04:04 GMT
> >
> >The fetch command is:
> >fetch -vv -o /data/FreeBSD:13:amd64_quarterly_data.pkg --if-modified-since=/data/FreeBSD:13:amd64_quarterly_data.pkg "https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:13:amd64/quarterly/data.pkg"
> >
> 
> 
> Got it, thanks.  Can you monitor and let me know if you see it again?
> 
> -r
> 
> 
> >I have output of a similar request for "https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly/data.pkg" at +<<< Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:04:10 GMT.
> >
> >Oh, I can look back in my script runs. The first time this happened was in the run of "Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:09:01 +0100".
> >
> >Regards,
> >Ronald
> >
> >
> >
> >Van: Ryan Steinmetz <[email protected]>
> >Datum: vrijdag, 9 januari 2026 16:24
> >Aan: Ronald Klop <[email protected]>
> >Onderwerp: Re: fetch from pkg.freebsd.org fails: Not Implemented
> >>
> >>If possible, can you share:
> >>- Specific timestamps of when it was happy and when you experienced a    501?
> >>- The exact fetch command you're using
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>-r
> >>
> >>
> >>On (01/09/26 15:28), Ronald Klop wrote:
> >>>Hi,
> >>>
> >>>For a little tool (https://www.klop.ws/pkgstats/pkg-age.html) I regularly fetch some data from the pkg servers.
> >>>Since a day or two I get spurious errors. I added -vv to my fetch command and got this output.
> >>>
> >>>Apparently the server sends HTTP 501 status code. And fetch exits with "Not Implemented".
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>scheme:   "https"
> >>>+user:     ""
> >>>+password: ""
> >>>+host:     "pkg.freebsd.org"
> >>>+port:     "0"
> >>>+document: "/FreeBSD:13:amd64/quarterly/data.pkg"
> >>>+---> pkg.freebsd.org:443
> >>>+resolving server address: pkg.freebsd.org:443
> >>>+SSL options: 82004850
> >>>+Peer verification enabled
> >>>+Using OpenSSL default CA cert file and path
> >>>+Verify hostname
> >>>+TLSv1.3 connection established using TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
> >>>+Certificate subject: /CN=pkg.freebsd.org
> >>>+Certificate issuer: /C=US/O=Certainly/CN=Certainly Intermediate R1
> >>>+requesting https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:13:amd64/quarterly/data.pkg
> >>>+>>> GET /FreeBSD:13:amd64/quarterly/data.pkg HTTP/1.1
> >>>+If-Modified-Since: Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:22:51 GMT
> >>>+>>> If-Modified-Since: Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:22:51 GMT
> >>>+>>> Host: pkg.freebsd.org
> >>>+>>> Accept: */*
> >>>+>>> User-Agent: fetch libfetch/2.0
> >>>+>>> Connection: close
> >>>+>>>
> >>>+<<< HTTP/1.1 501 First fragment: unexpected status code
> >>>
> >>>+<<< Connection: close
> >>>
> >>>+<<< Content-Length: 0
> >>>
> >>>+<<< Via: 1.1 varnish, 1.1 varnish
> >>>
> >>>+content length: [0]
> >>>+<<< ETag: "695d28cb-a3e396"
> >>>
> >>>+<<< Age: 0
> >>>
> >>>+<<< Accept-Ranges: bytes
> >>>
> >>>+<<< Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:04:04 GMT
> >>>
> >>>+<<< X-Served-By: cache-rtm-ehrd2290047-RTM
> >>>
> >>>+<<< X-Cache: MISS
> >>>
> >>>+<<< X-Cache-Hits: 0
> >>>
> >>>+<<< X-Timer: S1767967444.984756,VS0,VE111
> >>>
> >>>+<<< Cache-Control: no-cache,no-store,max-age=0
> >>>
> >>>+<<<
> >>>
> >>>+offset 0, length -1, size -1, clength 0
> >>>+fetch: https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:13:amd64/quarterly/data.pkg: Not Implemented
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>The fetch in the script worked fine for about a year.
> >>>Does this ring a bell to anybody?
> >>>
> >>>Regards,
> >>>Ronald.
> >>>
> >>
> >>-- >>Ryan Steinmetz
> >>PGP: 4143 0BDC 21B0 B3D9 6D47  F0DA 504D C825 7FAD 8C58
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> 
> -- 
> Ryan Steinmetz
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