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.
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