Re: Malformed Release File
On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 02:21:55PM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> "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?
Yes, there are already several bugs. I'll go add it there.
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