ftp.mcs.anl.gov is now back online [serving ftp:// -  http:// is not yet enabled]

petsc configure builds with --download-package option should now work.

For direct tarball download - switching the URL from
http://ftp.mcs.anl.gov to ftp://ftp.mcs.anl.gov notation is the
temporary workaround. For eg:

change:
http://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/petsc/release-snapshots/petsc-3.8.4.tar.gz
to:
ftp://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/petsc/release-snapshots/petsc-3.8.4.tar.gz

Satish

On Thu, 29 Mar 2018, Satish Balay wrote:

>
> We've been informed by the site admin that ftp.mcs.anl.gov is taken
> down due to 'cyber incident' - there is no ETA on when it will be
> back.
>
> We've been using it the primary host for distributing petsc tarballs
> and hosting some externalpackage tarballs - so some of the petsc buils
> with '--download-package' option are failing.
>
> Obtaining petsc [and some most externalpackages] via git should work.
>
> I will update when ftp.mcs.anl.gov is brought back up.
>
> Satish
>
>