Re: 2nd try, what is my problem with apt-get?

["Stan Brown" <stanb@awod.com>]

On Wed Feb 28 14:22:14 2001 Lewis, James M. wrote...
>
>
>> On Wed Feb 28 09:08:22 2001 Lewis, James M. wrote...
>> >
>> >
>> >> 
>> >> I have a machine that I have upgraded from stable to testign, 
>> >> and installed the
>> >> 2.4.3 kernel with kernel package on.
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> Now apt-get is failing. See the error messages?
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> Script started on Tue Feb 27 04:42:29 2001
>> >> debian:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
>> >> deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
>> >> # deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main 
>> >> # deb http://spidermonkey.ximian.com/distributions/debian 
>> stable main
>> >> debian:~# runsocks aptget   -get update
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> 0% [Working]
>> >>             
>> >> Err http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages
>> >>   Something wicked happend resolving 'http.us.debian.org/http'
>> >> 
>> ><snip>
>> >
>> >Could you try using ftp instead?  I am using testing/unstable and I
>> >found that the http method doesn't always work anymore.  My error is
>> >different (could not connect to 0.0.0.80) but ftp works fine.  Try
>> >using "deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/...etc";.
>> 
>> 	Thanks for the sugestion.
>> 
>> 	Unfortunatley, I get the same "Something wicked 
>> happended" error when I
>> 	try that.
>> 
>> 	Any other sugestiosn?
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>Ummm... no. not really.  It seems to say it is having trouble resolving
>the name.  Why not try nslookup?  Can you access other stuff outside
>your local net?  Try a manual ftp to ftp.us.debian.org.  If that works,
>I guess a bug report against apt is in order.  Might there be some other
>software getting in the way?  We have some kind of http monitor that is
>always getting in the way somehow.  Since ftp works for me, I have never
>taken the time to try to work through the bureaucracy to fix it.
>

	To get out at all, I have to use runsocks. Using "runsocks ftp ftp.debian.org",
	and "runsocks lynx http://debian.org' both work fine. 

	I did go inot dselect and ask it to change the method to ftp, which I ha not
	done when I tried your sugestion the first time. Now runing "runsocks dslect"
	works (using ftp access, as oposed to http).

	What's really strange is the http access worked fine using runsocks before I
	upgraded from stable to testing, and to the 2.4.2 kernel.

	Also, I don;t have any problems with name resolutin. "nslookup www.debina.org"
	works like a charm.

	I really need to figure this out, I don't ecpect the ftp acess to last much
	longer, only http will probably be available in the near future.



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