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      last edited by

      Hi, is this intended or an error?

      Thanks!

      ; <<>> DiG 9.11.1-P1 <<>> pkg.pfsense.org @ns1.netgate.com
      ;; global options: +cmd
      ;; Got answer:
      ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 58889
      ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1
      ;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available
      
      ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
      ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
      ;; QUESTION SECTION:
      ;pkg.pfsense.org.               IN      A
      
      ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
      pfsense.org.            300     IN      SOA     ns1.netgate.com. admin.netgate.com. 201608312 3600 7200 1209600 3600
      
      ;; Query time: 40 msec
      ;; SERVER: 192.207.126.6#53(192.207.126.6)
      ;; WHEN: Sun Jun 25 13:53:59 MDT 2017
      ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 101
      
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      • K
        kpa
        last edited by

        It's not an error, the pkg tool uses SRV records to figure out the suitable mirror for the packages.

        
        [2.3.4-RELEASE][admin@firewall.rdnzl.fi]/root: dig _https._tcp.pkg.pfsense.org SRV
        
        ; <<>> DiG 9.11.1 <<>> _https._tcp.pkg.pfsense.org SRV
        ;; global options: +cmd
        ;; Got answer:
        ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 30052
        ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 1
        
        ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
        ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
        ;; QUESTION SECTION:
        ;_https._tcp.pkg.pfsense.org.   IN      SRV
        
        ;; ANSWER SECTION:
        _https._tcp.pkg.pfsense.org. 51 IN      SRV     10 10 443 files01.netgate.com.
        _https._tcp.pkg.pfsense.org. 51 IN      SRV     10 10 443 files00.netgate.com.
        
        ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
        pfsense.org.            291     IN      NS      ns2.netgate.com.
        pfsense.org.            291     IN      NS      ns1.netgate.com.
        
        ;; Query time: 0 msec
        ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
        ;; WHEN: Mon Jun 26 09:02:51 EEST 2017
        ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 181
        
        
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        • jimpJ
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          last edited by jimp

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