Bug 268825

Summary: bsdconfig, bsdinstall: Update mirrors list
Product: Services Reporter: David Burrows <burrowsdav>
Component: FTP/WWW Sites & MirrorsAssignee: Danilo G. Baio <dbaio>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Some People CC: dbaio, grahamperrin
Priority: ---    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   
URL: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D38014

Description David Burrows 2023-01-08 04:04:41 UTC 
For a few years now Australian mirror AARNet (ftp.au.freebsd.org) has disabled ftp access to the mirror, as all other mirrors are exclusively using either http or https protocols.

A simple workaround in the installer is to highlight the entry, select other, then manually change the ftp:// in the url to http:// and the install proceeds as expected.

I propose changing the url in the mirror list to http:// instead of ftp:// in the file located here:
https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/blob/master/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/mirrorselect

Changing the protocol from ftp to http for the installer by default is a wider subject of discussion, and would require a feasibility assessment.
Comment 1 Danilo G. Baio freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2023-01-08 14:48:13 UTC 
Hi David.

Thanks for reporting.

There are more things to fix there; we need to keep that in sync with https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/mirrors/.

A lot of things have changed.
Comment 2 Danilo G. Baio freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2023-01-16 16:56:00 UTC 
I included the ftp.au.freebsd.org change within the mirrors refresh in https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=591e29117964248d4bfea639e973a12e27f96ac9

Thanks!