Re: metacpan losing track of certain CPAN distributions

[email protected] (Robert Spier) Wed, 29 Oct 2025 19:35:18 -0700
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Thanks.  Let me know if you hit more max connections errors, and I can bump
up the limit for that server.

-R

On Sun, Oct 26, 2025 at 2:18=E2=80=AFAM Leo Lapworth <[email protected]> wrote=
:

> Thanks Robert,
>
> I've added the ability for MetaCPAN to have puppet secrets so have kept i=
t
> 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]> w=
rote:
>
>>
>> I've sent you a special hostname to switch to.  If you could avoid makin=
g
>> 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]> w=
rote:
>>
>>> 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@wundersolutio=
ns.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I just restarted the rrr-client. Let's see if that helps. We already
>>>> run 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
>>>> the 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.=C2=A0 Let me know if you hit more max connections =
errors, and I can bump up the limit for that server.<div><br></div><div>-R<=
/div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D=
"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Oct 26, 2025 at 2:18=E2=80=AFAM Leo Lapw=
orth &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[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 rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">T=
hanks Robert,<div><br></div><div>I&#39;ve added the ability 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 serv=
ers running rrr-watcher - but each with an additional nightly full rsync</d=
iv><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div><div>Leo</div><div><br></=
div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div=
 dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Oct 25, 2025 at 4:10=E2=80=AFPM R=
obert Spier &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">rspie=
[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding=
-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div>I&#39;ve sent you a special hostname t=
o switch to.=C2=A0 If you could avoid making it public, that would be appre=
ciated.=C2=A0 If there&#39;s no way to not make it public, we&#39;ll need t=
o do some more complicated configuration.</div><div><br></div><div>Are you =
doing more than 1 rsync at a time?</div><div><br></div><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:leo@cu=
ckoo.org" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockqu=
ote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 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 these:</div><div><br><div>```=
</div><div>@ERROR: max connections (10) reached -- try again later<br>rsync=
 error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at main.c(1666) [Rec=
eiver=3D3.1.2]</div><div>```</div></div><div><br></div><div>Anything you ca=
n 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"><di=
v 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:[email protected]" target=3D"_blan=
k">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gm=
ail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-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 daily rsync to ensure nothi=
ng has been missed via rrr.</div><div><br></div><div>Olaf</div><div><br></d=
iv><div>On Wed, Oct 22, 2025, at 3:14 PM, Ask Bj=C3=B8rn Hansen wrote:</div=
><blockquote type=3D"cite" id=3D"m_864504207540620792m_6213522058571145360m=
_7020529434666707989m_832795999474040619qt"><div><br></div><div>We rebuilt =
the primary CPAN mirror source over the last weeks. (It=E2=80=99s now in Ku=
bernetes 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 rel=
earn a bit about how it works in the process so the files had some erroneou=
s epochs for a few days.</div><div><br></div><div>Maybe metacpan needs a on=
etime full rsync (or the rrr client restarted?)</div><div><br></div><div><b=
r></div><div>Ask</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div id=3D"m_864504207540=
620792m_6213522058571145360m_7020529434666707989m_832795999474040619sig1215=
18600"><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(32,33,36);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:sm=
all;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:norma=
l;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;te=
xt-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decor=
ation-color:initial"><div><span style=3D"font-family:monospace"><span style=
=3D"font-size:16px"><span></span></span></span><br></div><div><div><span st=
yle=3D"font-family:monospace"><span style=3D"font-size:16px"><span>=F0=9F=
=93=AE <span style=3D"color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href=3D"mailto:olaf@wunder=
solutions.com" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a></span></span>=
</span></span></div><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.com</a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div><br></di=
v></div><div><br></div></div></blockquote></div>
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