Re: apt hangs for ever

["Andreas Fester" <Andreas.Fester@gmx.de>]

Hi,

Brian May wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Is this a bug in apt?
> 
> pbuilder update --override-config --configfile /tmp/pbuilder-local.SvMNy19452
[...]
> Get:5 http://ftp.au.debian.org etch/main Packages [5579kB]
> 99% [5 Packages gzip 0]                                                                                                                
>  (hangs for ever)
[...]

I experienced the same some time ago and worked it around
by temporarily switching to a different mirror. It then succeeded,
and afterwards I could again switch to my usual mirror.

But, yesterday I had the same issue in my i386 chroot, so the issue
seems to persist....

	Andreas