[tor-mirrors] Connection refused when rsync'ing against rsync.torproject.org

[Dan Thill]

> just a heads up...
> 
> after the recent changes to how mirrors operate, i updated my script 
> that rsync's against rsync.torproject.org.
> 
> the last three times it has ran (four hours apart), i've received the 
> below error message from cron.
> 
> it would appear that the error is due to connections to 873/tcp being 
> refused:
> 
> $ telnet rsync.torproject.org rsync
> Trying 38.229.72.16...
> telnet: connect to address 38.229.72.16: Connection refused
> 
> /chl
> 
> 
> 
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> 
> rsync: failed to connect to rsync.torproject.org: Address family not 
> supported by protocol (97)
> rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c(124) 
> [receiver=3.0.6]
> rsync: failed to connect to rsync.torproject.org: Address family not 
> supported by protocol (97)
> rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c(124) 
> [receiver=3.0.6]
> 

I updated the day the change was made and had no problems until the last
18 hours.  For what it's worth, here's my error messages:

rsync: failed to connect to rsync.torproject.org
(2620:0:6b0:b:1a1a:0:26e5:4810): Connection refused (111)
rsync: failed to connect to rsync.torproject.org (38.229.72.16):
Connection refused (111)
rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c(122)
[Receiver=3.0.9]