Re: howto avoid "apt-get update" going guru?

[Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no>]

]] Martin Bagge / brother 

> On 2016-07-05 06:32, Harald Dunkel wrote:
>
> > # apt-get update
> > Err:1 http://ftp.debian.org/debian sid InRelease
> >   Could not connect to klecker-ftp.debian.org:80 (130.89.148.12),
> > connection timed out [IP: 2001:6b0:e:2018::173 80]
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/InRelease
> > Could not connect to klecker-ftp.debian.org:80 (130.89.148.12),
> > connection timed out [IP: 2001:6b0:e:2018::173 80]
> > W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

We had some networking trouble for klecker today.

> > I didn't mention klecker-ftp anywhere in my config files.
> > Its not on the round-robin list for ftp.debian.org either:

It's the rdns entry for the IP you're connecting to.

> The concluding answer to your question is probably "use another
> hostname". Either a ftp.xx.d.o host or the geo dns based:
> http://httpredir.debian.org

I'd not actively recommend people use httpredir.debian.org as it's
somewhat sporadically maintained.

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Tollef Fog Heen
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