Re: Malformed Release File
"Chris Tillman" <tillman@voicetrak.com> writes:
> I first tried wget to retrieve the file directly. It couldn't resolve
> the domain name. Then I noticed my other machine, which was downloading
> apt-get from the same server, was getting error messages too.
>
> I then went back to the first amchine and started base installation
> from http.us.debian.org without any problems.
>
> So in this case, it really was a server problem. Is there some way we
> could check specifically for dns name resolution and ping-ability and
> return that as an error instead of Malformed Release file?
It's possible -- but isn't this a debootstrap issue? Shouldn't it be
filed as a wishlist on that?
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...Adam Di Carlo..<adam@onshore-devel.com>...<URL:http://www.onshored.com/>
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