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Re: Problems with Apt-Get



On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 09:40:10AM -0600, Joseph A Nagy Jr wrote:
> I'm having problems with updating the package list from 
> mirrors.kernel.org (apt-get says connection times out). Is this a known 
> problem or am I just one of the (un)lucky few who this happens to?
> 
> Here's a partial output from apt-get (the other sites I was able to 
> update the lists just fine)
> 
> Err ftp://mirrors.kernel.org stable/non-free Packages
>   Could not connect to mirrors.kernel.org:21 (204.152.189.120), 
> connection timed out
> Err ftp://mirrors.kernel.org stable/non-free Release
>   Could not connect to mirrors.kernel.org:21 (204.152.189.120), 
> connection timed out

[ snip more "it's broke" ]

www.kernel.org was broken.  It should be back now.

Why are you using the ftp method?  The http method is more efficient
since it uses HTTP 1.1 pipelining.

-- 
Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:nnorman@incanus.net
  I must despise the world which does not know that music is a
  higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.
          -- Ludwig van Beethoven



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