[Neurodebian-users] Vanderbilt mirror error message

[Yaroslav Halchenko]

On Fri, 11 Nov 2016, Bennet Fauber wrote:

> The Vanderbilt site still appears to be down.  What kind of check does
> the Neurodebian site do that causes it to think that it is OK?  A
> simple ping?

well -- gory story is 

$> wget -O- http://masi.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/neurodebian/.timestamp
--2016-11-16 18:27:32--  http://masi.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/neurodebian/.timestamp
Resolving masi.vuse.vanderbilt.edu (masi.vuse.vanderbilt.edu)... 129.59.90.79
Connecting to masi.vuse.vanderbilt.edu (masi.vuse.vanderbilt.edu)|129.59.90.79|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Redirect
Location: http://129.59.80.20/neurodebian [following]
--2016-11-16 18:27:32--  http://129.59.80.20/neurodebian
Connecting to 129.59.80.20:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: http://129.59.80.20/neurodebian/ [following]
--2016-11-16 18:27:32--  http://129.59.80.20/neurodebian/
Reusing existing connection to 129.59.80.20:80.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
...


so -- note that http://masi.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/neurodebian/.timestamp was
redirected to http://129.59.80.20/neurodebian , and then our check failed
to convert it properly and simply crashed without updating the list of
mirrors...  it is fixed now and mirror is marked as BRK (Broken)


> If others can get to it, and the problem is with our site being
> blacklisted or something, may I know who the Vanderbilt mirror contact
> is?

we are in touch, will be fixed soon'ish I guess.  being at SfN, only now
got to reply ;)

> If there is someplace else I should post this question, please let me know.

this was a good place to ask.

-- 
Yaroslav O. Halchenko
Center for Open Neuroscience     http://centerforopenneuroscience.org
Dartmouth College, 419 Moore Hall, Hinman Box 6207, Hanover, NH 03755
Phone: +1 (603) 646-9834                       Fax: +1 (603) 646-1419
WWW:   http://www.linkedin.com/in/yarik