On 2021-05-06 at 08:40, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Thu, May 06, 2021 at 08:33:47AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
>
>> On 2021-05-06 at 08:28, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>>
>> > Maybe this helps (though it might be outdated):
>> >
>> > https://deb.debian.org
>>
>> That's the mirror auto-selector which the original complainant here was
>> using, and which apparently chose debian.map.fastlydns.net as the mirror
>> to be used, which led to the error which was the subject of the complaint.
>>
>> IOW, I think that site is part of the problem (in that it has a broken
>> mirror listed), but I don't see how it could help. Is there a part of
>> your suggestion I'm not understanding?
>
> I believe the suggestion was that you actually *go* to that web page
> in your web browser and read what it says. It's fairly short.
I did, and I didn't see how it was helpful, thus my question.
> To be fair, though, it'll basically reiterate advice that was
> already given in this thread ("try a different mirror").
Which might help in the immediate term, but doesn't get the actual
problem fixed, that problem being either with the mirror or with the
configuration of the redirector to include that mirror.
--
The Wanderer
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all
progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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