Re: apt hangs for ever
On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 01:34:54AM +1100, Andrew Vaughan wrote:
> > Get:1 http://ftp.au.debian.org etch Release.gpg [378B]
> > Get:2 http://ftp.au.debian.org etch Release [74.4kB]
> > Get:3 http://ftp.au.debian.org etch/main Packages/DiffIndex [2038B]
> > Get:4 http://ftp.au.debian.org etch/main Packages [5579kB]
> > Get:5 http://ftp.au.debian.org etch/main Packages [5579kB]
> > 99% [5 Packages gzip 0]
> > (hangs for ever)
> >
> > I have tried waiting for it to timeout, but it doesn't.
> >
>
> Don't know whether its related, I stopped using ftp.au.debian.org. IIRC it
> was replying to package requests with a 302 redirect, which apt-proxy
> seemed to be unable to handle.
>
> Is this a 302 redirect something debian package management/archive mirroring
> tools are expected to handle, or are mirrors not expected to use redirects?
>
> ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/ also seems to be intermittent partially updated. I
> wonder whether they're mirroring from ftp.au.debian.org, and also having
> problems with the 302 responses.
This is indepent on mirror choice I think. I got the same issue with ftp.it and solved
twice as pointed by henrique. Installing debian-archive-keyring in the
pbuilder chroot (with the new recent key) just before updating solved the
issue this time and in the previous case also.
--
Francesco P. Lovergine
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