Ports: Can't ensure_new_config_sub, git.savannah.gnu.org is a bit flakey
Author: oskar-skogCreated Jul 14, 2026Updated Sep 3, 2026
user@serenity-builder:~/serenity/Ports/zsh$ SERENITY_ARCH=riscv64 ./package.sh
=> Installing dependencies of zsh...
=> Fetching zsh...
[zsh/fetch] /home/user/serenity/Ports/zsh/zsh-5.9.tar.xz already exists
[zsh/fetch] + tar -xf /home/user/serenity/Ports/zsh/zsh-5.9.tar.xz (nocd)
[zsh/fetch] + touch .zsh-5.9.tar.xz_extracted
=> Patching zsh...
[zsh/patch_internal] + patch -p1
[zsh/patch_internal] patching file Src/zsh_system.h
[zsh/patch_internal] Hunk #1 succeeded at 539 (offset -17 lines).
[zsh/patch_internal] + touch .0001-Let-zsh-define-the-rlimit-constants.patch_applied
=> Configuring zsh...
[zsh/ensure_new_config_sub] + grep -q serenity config.sub
[zsh/ensure_new_config_sub] + do_download_file https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.sub config.sub false
[zsh/ensure_new_config_sub] Downloading URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.sub
[zsh/ensure_new_config_sub] /usr/bin/curl
[zsh/ensure_new_config_sub] + curl https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.sub -L -o config.sub (nocd)
[zsh/ensure_new_config_sub] % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
[zsh/ensure_new_config_sub] Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 178 100 178 0 0 306 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 306
# hangs here for a while
100 161 100 161 0 0 1 0 0:02:41 0:02:00 0:00:41 39
[zsh/pre_configure] + ./Util/preconfig
[zsh/pre_configure] cd . && ./.preconfig
[zsh/configure] + ./configure --host=riscv64-serenity
[zsh/configure] configuring for zsh 5.9
[zsh/configure] configure: error: cannot run /bin/bash ./config.sub
Error in step zsh/configure (status=2)
user@serenity-builder:~/serenity/Ports/zsh$config.sub
<html>
<head><title>502 Bad Gateway</title></head>
<body>
<center><h1>502 Bad Gateway</h1></center>
<hr><center>freenginx/1.30.1</center>
</body>
</html>I think detecting the error and retrying a few times automatically would be a nice feature.
Source: SerenityOS/serenity