Re: metacpan losing track of certain CPAN distributions

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Thanks Robert,

I've added the ability for MetaCPAN to have puppet secrets so have kept it
private and made the change to the new hostname.

We currently have up to 5 separate servers running rrr-watcher - but each
with an additional nightly full rsync

Thanks

Leo




On Sat, Oct 25, 2025 at 4:10=E2=80=AFPM Robert Spier <[email protected]> wro=
te:

>
> I've sent you a special hostname to switch to.  If you could avoid making
> it public, that would be appreciated.  If there's no way to not make it
> public, we'll need to do some more complicated configuration.
>
> Are you doing more than 1 rsync at a time?
>
> -R
>
> On Sat, Oct 25, 2025 at 10:24=E2=80=AFAM Leo Lapworth <[email protected]> wr=
ote:
>
>> Hi Ask,
>>
>> MetaCPAN is getting quite a few of these:
>>
>> ```
>> @ERROR: max connections (10) reached -- try again later
>> rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at
>> main.c(1666) [Receiver=3D3.1.2]
>> ```
>>
>> Anything you can do on that?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Leo
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 8:26=E2=80=AFPM Olaf Alders <olaf@wundersolution=
s.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I just restarted the rrr-client. Let's see if that helps. We already ru=
n
>>> a daily rsync to ensure nothing has been missed via rrr.
>>>
>>> Olaf
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 22, 2025, at 3:14 PM, Ask Bj=C3=B8rn Hansen wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> We rebuilt the primary CPAN mirror source over the last weeks. (It=E2=
=80=99s now
>>> in Kubernetes and operated via git, including the current version of th=
e
>>> various decades old tools maintaining metadata).
>>>
>>> I tried pretty hard to make sure the RRR recent data was accurate, but =
I
>>> had to relearn a bit about how it works in the process so the files had
>>> some erroneous epochs for a few days.
>>>
>>> Maybe metacpan needs a onetime full rsync (or the rrr client restarted?=
)
>>>
>>>
>>> Ask
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Olaf Alders
>>>
>>> =F0=9F=93=AE [email protected]
>>> =F0=9F=9A=80 https://prettygoodping.com
>>>
>>>
>>>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Thanks Robert,<div><br></div><div>I&#39;ve added the abili=
ty for MetaCPAN to have puppet secrets so have kept it private and made the=
 change to the new hostname.</div><div><br></div><div>We currently have up =
to 5 separate servers running rrr-watcher - but each with an additional nig=
htly full rsync</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div><div>Le=
o</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class=3D=
"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">O=
n Sat, Oct 25, 2025 at 4:10=E2=80=AFPM Robert Spier &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:r=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rg=
b(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div>I&#39;ve sent yo=
u a special hostname to switch to.=C2=A0 If you could avoid making it publi=
c, that would be appreciated.=C2=A0 If there&#39;s no way to not make it pu=
blic, we&#39;ll need to do some more complicated configuration.</div><div><=
br></div><div>Are you doing more than 1 rsync at a time?</div><div><br></di=
v><div>-R</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=
=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Oct 25, 2025 at 10:24=E2=80=AFAM Leo Lapworth &lt;<=
a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; w=
rote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0p=
x 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=
=3D"ltr">Hi Ask,<div><br></div><div>MetaCPAN is getting quite a few of thes=
e:</div><div><br><div>```</div><div>@ERROR: max connections (10) reached --=
 try again later<br>rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (cod=
e 5) at main.c(1666) [Receiver=3D3.1.2]</div><div>```</div></div><div><br><=
/div><div>Anything you can do on that?</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div=
><div><br></div><div>Leo</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div =
class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 22,=
 2025 at 8:26=E2=80=AFPM Olaf Alders &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:olaf@wundersolut=
ions.com" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></di=
v><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;borde=
r-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u><div><div>I just=
 restarted the rrr-client. Let&#39;s see if that helps. We already run a da=
ily rsync to ensure nothing has been missed via rrr.</div><div><br></div><d=
iv>Olaf</div><div><br></div><div>On Wed, Oct 22, 2025, at 3:14 PM, Ask Bj=
=C3=B8rn Hansen wrote:</div><blockquote type=3D"cite" id=3D"m_6213522058571=
145360m_7020529434666707989m_832795999474040619qt"><div><br></div><div>We r=
ebuilt the primary CPAN mirror source over the last weeks. (It=E2=80=99s no=
w in Kubernetes and operated via git, including the current version of the =
various decades old tools maintaining metadata).</div><div><br></div><div>I=
 tried pretty hard to make sure the RRR recent data was accurate, but I had=
 to relearn a bit about how it works in the process so the files had some e=
rroneous epochs for a few days.</div><div><br></div><div>Maybe metacpan nee=
ds a onetime full rsync (or the rrr client restarted?)</div><div><br></div>=
<div><br></div><div>Ask</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div id=3D"m_62135=
22058571145360m_7020529434666707989m_832795999474040619sig121518600"><div>-=
-</div><div><span style=3D"font-family:monospace"><span style=3D"font-size:=
16px"><span>Olaf Alders</span></span></span></div><div style=3D"color:rgb(3=
2,33,36);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:=
normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:4=
00;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:no=
ne;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:ini=
tial"><div><span style=3D"font-family:monospace"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
6px"><span></span></span></span><br></div><div><div><span style=3D"font-fam=
ily:monospace"><span style=3D"font-size:16px"><span>=F0=9F=93=AE <span styl=
e=3D"color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a></span></span></span></span></d=
iv><div><span style=3D"font-family:monospace"><span style=3D"font-size:16px=
"><span><span style=3D"color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span>=F0=9F=9A=80 <a href=
=3D"https://prettygoodping.com/" target=3D"_blank">https://prettygoodping.c=
om</a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div><br></div></div><div><br>=
</div></div></blockquote></div>
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