Cannot sync pacman; error: failed retrieving file, No address record

Shofs · 2008-12-24 05:01:00

Hello,
As a heads up, I'm trying not to repost
I've searched the forums but found nothing, I'll keep looking. I've read the front page news about the mirrorlist and tried using the old mirrorlist file. I've been on #archlinux on IRC. Nothing yet.

Here is an example of what I see:

root@dungeon pacman.d # pacman -Sy
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from ftp.archlinux.org : No address record
error: failed to update core (No address record)
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db.tar.gz' from ftp.archlinux.org : No address record
error: failed to update extra (No address record)
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db.tar.gz' from ftp.archlinux.org : No address record
error: failed to update community (No address record)
error: failed to synchronize any databases

I've commented out all but one of the servers in the mirrorlost file to shorten the output.

Any ideas?

munkyeetr · 2008-12-24 07:01:32

I had this same problem today and for me it was just mistyped Server lines in /etc/pacman.conf

Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/core/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/extra/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/community/os/i686

I would double check those on your machine, that's about what I have to offer on this issue.
(NOTE: if you are using 64-bit OS, change the i686 to x86_64)

jacko · 2008-12-24 09:39:37

I've commented out all but one of the servers in the mirrorlost file to shorten the output.

Why do people do this? If you want a prefered server then goto pacman.conf and list it there. mirrorlist should be a list of servers that pacman will use starting at the top down. Just so happens ftp.archlinux.org is at the top of the list.

Here is a example of my mirrorlist
Since I live in USA and archlinux ftp server SHOULD NEVER be used as your update mirror (Since it's capped) here is my mirrorlist.

$ cat /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
#
# Arch Linux repository mirrorlist
#

# North America
# - United States
Server = http://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = http://mirror.neotuli.net/arch/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = ftp://locke.suu.edu/linux/dist/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = http://archlinux.unixheads.org/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = ftp://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/ArchLinux/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = http://archlinux.umflint.edu/mirrors/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = http://mirror.umoss.org/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = http://schlunix.org/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = http://mirror.archlinux.com.ve/$repo/os/x86_64

Always put your best server on top line. I reccommend deleting any of the servers you won't ever use. Make the list small and tidy. It's the arch way after all.

Then if you still get pcamn -Sy errors. run -Syy to force the sync update. Much past that, it's either a bug or your network connection.

Last edited by jacko (2008-12-24 09:40:16)

jacko · 2008-12-24 09:43:34

Now that they switched the mirrorlist out to it's own pacman package. I wonder why it wouldn't also be smart to seperate out mirrorlist by country.

So instead of installing pacman-mirrorlist, it would be pacman-mirrorlist-usa. Maybe I will ask for a feature request, though I am sure someone will say, that's just pure waste of packages and developer time.

Xyne · 2008-12-24 10:07:15

Multiple packages instead of commenting a single list is not KISS. Besides, having other mirrors available at a quick edit can only be a good thing.

.:B:. · 2008-12-24 10:11:27

jacko wrote:

Now that they switched the mirrorlist out to it's own pacman package. I wonder why it wouldn't also be smart to seperate out mirrorlist by country.

I can pick servers outside my country that give me faster speeds than those inside my country; so no.

Shofs · 2008-12-24 16:30:49

munkyeetr wrote:

I had this same problem today and for me it was just mistyped Server lines in /etc/pacman.conf
Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/core/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/extra/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/community/os/i686
I would double check those on your machine, that's about what I have to offer on this issue.
(NOTE: if you are using 64-bit OS, change the i686 to x86_64)

munkyeetr,
I am not using that feature. I don't have any Server = foo lines in my pacman.conf, only the Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist for [core, extra, community]

jacko wrote:

Why do people do this? If you want a prefered server then goto pacman.conf and list it there. mirrorlist should be a list of servers that pacman will use starting at the top down. Just so happens ftp.archlinux.org is at the top of the list.

Jacko,
Like I said, I did that to reduce screen clutter. All the mirrors give me the same error message. All I did was comment all but the first line to make things a little more tidy for now. I didn't want to post ridiculously long output of the same errors over and over.

Also, it doesn't seem to be a network issue as I can ping google. I am also admin-ing the box via ssh.

Shofs · 2009-01-05 07:35:13

Just got back from holiday, this is still an issue.

Any ideas?

Mr Green · 2009-01-05 08:21:39

http://www.archlinux.org/news/302/

You need to sort your mirrors maybe try rankmirrors [search!]

JGC · 2009-01-05 11:58:46

Do you use ipv6?

http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12517

Shofs · 2009-01-07 00:02:17

Mr Green wrote:

http://www.archlinux.org/news/302/
You need to sort your mirrors maybe try rankmirrors [search!]

Of course I searched...:P
I've been on #archlinux...nothing

Sorting won't do anything if _no_ mirrors work at all!

JGC wrote:

Do you use ipv6?

No, I do not believe I am using IPv6. I am not running a caching DNS server or anything like that.

I've tried downgrading pacman, but that doesn't help. I can ping, ssh to and from the box so it doesn't seem to be a network issue either.

EDIT: I do have the ipv6 module loaded

root@dungeon ryan # lsmod | grep ip
ipv6                  260132  8 
tulip                  51104  0

EDIT (Jan 10):
I've tried downgrading glibc, binutils, gcc, gcc-libs and pacman. Still not working.

I can't even use wget. From what I've read this seems to be a glibc problem, but I can't downgrade it far enough back in time to fix it or that's not the problem . . . or something else

wget example:

root@dungeon ryan # wget google.com
--2009-01-10 21:34:25--  http://google.com/
Resolving google.com... failed: Name or service not known.
wget: unable to resolve host address `google.com'

All I can think to do now is reinstall from scratch. Unfortunately I don't have a monitor to do that with. I could do it over the network, but I might make a mistake and make things worse.

Last edited by Shofs (2009-01-11 03:38:01)

cserge · 2009-02-01 22:05:06

Hi

Same for me.
It happened suddenly

The same issues : wget and no address record...

I do not know if it has to do with it, but in the same time the weather forcast plasmoid stopped working too

Serge

byteforscher · 2009-02-01 22:16:28

I experienced the same and I found out that a wrongful avahi configuration (missing nss-mdns package) was causing these dns resolution errors with wget but not with ping.

cserge · 2009-02-01 22:50:33

Hi Byteforscher

You are right

Now it works for me...

Thanks

EDIT:
By the way it happened when I did a pacman -Rsn $(pacman -Qdtq)
to remove all the orphans packages and nss-mdns was among them...

Serge

Last edited by cserge (2009-02-02 19:13:31)

darthaxul · 2009-05-03 01:03:08

I grabbed 29.2 kernel and went from ext3-ext4 I just now got this error. I tried to change the mirrors list, then reinstall the mirrors package. the system is completely fouled up now.

--EDIT--
may bad, i left wrong export proxy in login script.

Last edited by darthaxul (2009-05-03 02:45:48)

oGRE2080 · 2010-02-10 19:51:26

Since I live in USA and archlinux ftp server SHOULD NEVER be used as your update mirror (Since it's capped) here is my mirrorlist.
$ cat /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
#
# Arch Linux repository mirrorlist
#
# North America
# - United States
Server = http://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = http://mirror.neotuli.net/arch/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = ftp://locke.suu.edu/linux/dist/archlinu … /os/x86_64

thx, it helps a lot !!!
i guess the mirror.rit.edu the good working one

Kaso_Da_Zmok · 2010-07-16 23:42:37

I have used the workaround with the opendns servers in my resolv.conf
But i remember that i used to switch off the DNS proxy on the DSL router.
Now i could not find this option in Eircom router on the management interface.

just do telnet and look for it and turn it off and restart the router.

Terminal shell v1.0
Copyright ▒2008 Motorola, Inc. All rights reserved.
Netopia Model 2247-02 High-Power Wireless DSL Ethernet Managed Switch
Running Netopia SOC OS version 7.8.0 (build r2)
Multimode ADSL Capable
(Admin completed login: Full Read/Write access)

Netopia-2000/136433062848> configure

Config Mode v1.3
Netopia-2000/136433062848 (top)>> dn
Netopia-2000/136433062848 (dns)>> view

===============================================
dns
proxy-enable off
domain-name ""
primary-address 208.67.222.222
secondary-address 208.67.220.220
configured-dns-priority 10
Netopia-2000/136433062848 (dns)>>

Last edited by Kaso_Da_Zmok (2010-07-16 23:59:33)

capoeira · 2010-08-12 02:56:23

I have the same problem after an update when I update some pacages incl. pacman-mirrorlist (seams related but i am not sure). I used reflector to optain actualized and fasted mirros but the problem maintains:

( I have no servers in pacman.conf and I use open-dns)

[studio@myhost ~]$ sudo pacman -Syu
Senha:
:: Sincronizando a base de dados de pacotes...
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'core-testing.db.tar.gz' de ftp5.gwdg.de : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'core-testing.db.tar.gz' de [url=ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu]ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu[/url] : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'core-testing.db.tar.gz' de mirrors.kernel.org : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'core-testing.db.tar.gz' de archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br : Not Found
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'core-testing.db.tar.gz' de archlinux.limun.org : Not Found
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'core-testing.db.tar.gz' de ftp5.gwdg.de : Not Found
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'core-testing.db.tar.gz' de mirrors.kernel.org : Not Found
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'core-testing.db.tar.gz' de [url=http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu]www.gtlib.gatech.edu[/url] : Not Found
erro: falha ao atualizar core-testing (Not Found)
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'desktop.db.tar.gz' de ftp5.gwdg.de : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'desktop.db.tar.gz' de [url=ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu]ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu[/url] : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'desktop.db.tar.gz' de mirrors.kernel.org : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'desktop.db.tar.gz' de archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br : Not Found
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'desktop.db.tar.gz' de archlinux.limun.org : Not Found
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'desktop.db.tar.gz' de ftp5.gwdg.de : Not Found
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'desktop.db.tar.gz' de mirrors.kernel.org : Not Found
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'desktop.db.tar.gz' de [url=http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu]www.gtlib.gatech.edu[/url] : Not Found
erro: falha ao atualizar desktop (Not Found)
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'platform-testing.db.tar.gz' de ftp5.gwdg.de : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'platform-testing.db.tar.gz' de [url=ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu]ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu[/url] : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'platform-testing.db.tar.gz' de mirrors.kernel.org : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'platform-testing.db.tar.gz' de archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br : Not Found
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'platform-testing.db.tar.gz' de archlinux.limun.org : Not Found
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'platform-testing.db.tar.gz' de ftp5.gwdg.de : Not Found
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'platform-testing.db.tar.gz' de mirrors.kernel.org : Not Found
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'platform-testing.db.tar.gz' de [url=http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu]www.gtlib.gatech.edu[/url] : Not Found
erro: falha ao atualizar platform-testing (Not Found)
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'apps.db.tar.gz' de ftp5.gwdg.de : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'apps.db.tar.gz' de [url=ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu]ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu[/url] : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'apps.db.tar.gz' de mirrors.kernel.org : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'apps.db.tar.gz' de archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br : Not Found
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'apps.db.tar.gz' de archlinux.limun.org : Not Found
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'apps.db.tar.gz' de ftp5.gwdg.de : Not Found
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'apps.db.tar.gz' de mirrors.kernel.org : Not Found
erro: falha ao obter arquivo 'apps.db.tar.gz' de [url=http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu]www.gtlib.gatech.edu[/url] : Not Found
erro: falha ao atualizar apps (Not Found)
erro: falha ao sincronizar quaisquer bases de dados

how can I solve this?
what exactly does the pacman-mirrolist pacage do?

Last edited by jasonwryan (2010-08-12 02:58:49)

jasonwryan · 2010-08-12 03:02:32

capoeira: please read the Forum Etiquette about posting http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/For … s_and_Code

The wiki has an entry on mirrors: please read it http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mirrors

capoeira · 2010-08-12 03:10:06

jasonwryan wrote:

capoeira: please read the Forum Etiquette about posting http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/For … s_and_Code

excuse me, I couldn't find the code-tags - will use the quote

jasonwryan wrote:

The wiki has an entry on mirrors: please read it http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mirrors

I know this wiki and my mirrorlist is up to date as I used "reflector -l 8 -r -o /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist" right before trying to update

Snowman · 2010-08-12 07:47:14

You are trying to fetch non-official dbs which are not on the Arch Linux mirrors. Are you using Chakra? Post your pacman.conf

capoeira · 2010-08-12 15:07:04

Snowman wrote:

You are trying to fetch non-official dbs which are not on the Arch Linux mirrors. Are you using Chakra? Post your pacman.conf

no I am using normal Arch, and it was working fine until i updated on tuseday. I am using "yaourt -Syu --aur" to update.

My actual pacman.conf is (changed automaticly to this within unsuccesfull update yesterday):

#
# /etc/pacman.conf
#
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives

#
# GENERAL OPTIONS
#
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir     = /
#DBPath      = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir    = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile     = /var/log/pacman.log
HoldPkg     = pacman glibc
# If upgrades are available for these packages they will be asked for first
SyncFirst   = pacman
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -C - %u > %o
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
Architecture = auto

# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
#IgnorePkg   =
#IgnoreGroup =

#NoUpgrade   =
#NoExtract   =

# Misc options (all disabled by default)
#UseSyslog
#ShowSize
#UseDelta
#TotalDownload

#
# REPOSITORIES
#   - can be defined here or included from another file
#   - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
#   - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
#   - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
#     have identical names, regardless of version number
#   - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
#   - URLs will have $arch replaced by the name of the architecture
#
# Repository entries are of the format:
#       [repo-name]
#       Server = ServerName
#       Include = IncludePath
#
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
#

# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.



[core-testing]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[desktop]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

#[desktop-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[platform-testing]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[apps]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

#[apps-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# An example of a custom package repository.  See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs

NOW I tried the saved pacman.conf (wich worked fine for months) wich is like this

#
# /etc/pacman.conf
#
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives

#
# GENERAL OPTIONS
#
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir     = /
#DBPath      = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir    = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile     = /var/log/pacman.log
HoldPkg     = pacman glibc
# If upgrades are available for these packages they will be asked for first
SyncFirst   = pacman
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl %u > %o
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled

# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
#IgnorePkg   =
#IgnoreGroup =

#NoUpgrade   =
#NoExtract   =

# Misc options (all disabled by default)
#UseSyslog
#ShowSize
#UseDelta
#TotalDownload

#
# REPOSITORIES
#   - can be defined here or included from another file
#   - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
#   - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
#   - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
#     have identical names, regardless of version number
#   - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
#
# Repository entries are of the format:
#       [repo-name]
#       Server = ServerName
#       Include = IncludePath
#
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
#

# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.

#[testing]
## Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[core]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

#[community-testing]
## Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[community]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# An example of a custom package repository.  See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs

#ArchAudio
# tried and tested packages
[archaudio-stable]
Server = http://repos.archaudio.org/stable/x86_64

#ArchAudio 
# these are..for testing?
[archaudio-testing]
Server = http://repos.archaudio.org/testing/x86_64

#ArchAudio 
# for your pleasure
[archaudio-experimental]
Server = http://repos.archaudio.org/experimental/x86_64

and tried to update with it using pacman, wich doesn't succed also:

[studio@myhost ~]$ sudo pacman -Syu
Senha:
erro: O mirror ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch contém a variável $arch, mas não possui arquitetura definida.
erro: O mirror ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch contém a variável $arch, mas não possui arquitetura definida.
erro: O mirror ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch contém a variável $arch, mas não possui arquitetura definida.
:: Sincronizando a base de dados de pacotes...
erro: falha ao atualizar core (nenhum servidor configurado para o repositório)
erro: falha ao atualizar extra (nenhum servidor configurado para o repositório)
erro: falha ao atualizar community (nenhum servidor configurado para o repositório)
 archaudio-stable está atualizado
 archaudio-testing está atualizado
 archaudio-experimental está atualizado
:: Iniciando atualização do sistema...
atenção: bristol: local (0.60.5-1) é mais novo que archaudio-testing (0.40.8-1)
atenção: fil-plugins: local (0.3.0-4) é mais novo que archaudio-testing (0.3.0-3)
atenção: guitarix: local (0.11.0-1) é mais novo que archaudio-testing (0.06.0-1)
atenção: kernel26rt: local (2.6.33.7_rt29-1) é mais novo que archaudio-stable (2.6.31_rt10-4)
atenção: lash: local (0.6.0~rc2-3) é mais novo que archaudio-testing (0.6.0~rc2-1)
atenção: ll-plugins: local (0.2.1-4) é mais novo que archaudio-testing (0.2.1-3)
atenção: lv2-c++-tools: local (1.0.3-1) é mais novo que archaudio-testing (1.0.2-1)
atenção: lv2vocoder: local (1-4) é mais novo que archaudio-testing (1-3)
atenção: rakarrack: local (0.5.8-1) é mais novo que archaudio-testing (0.4.2-1)
atenção: rev-plugins: local (0.3.1-3) é mais novo que archaudio-testing (0.3.1-2)
atenção: swh-lv2: local (1.0.15-3) é mais novo que archaudio-testing (1.0.15-2)
 não há nada a fazer
[studio@myhost ~]$

!!!all messages are in portuguese but I think it is possible to understand them, if not i will translate

EDIT:

OK, I undestand the last problem and I changed my mirrolist from

# 2010-08-11 23:15 
# generated by reflector
# ranked by rankmirrors
Server = ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://archlinux.limun.org/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

to

# 2010-08-11 23:15 
# generated by reflector
# ranked by rankmirrors
Server = ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = http://archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = http://archlinux.limun.org/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64

and now it's working again
but I don't understand how this all happened
AND: how can I force reflector to output a correct mirrorlist for 64bit?

Last edited by capoeira (2010-08-12 15:18:15)

hokasch · 2010-08-12 15:33:38

This

contém a variável $arch, mas não possui arquitetura definida.

is because you did not have

Architecture = auto

in your pacman.conf (it came with pacman 3.4 and is in your .pacnew conf).

The other errors were about repos that do not exist but you had in pacman.conf (apps, desktop etc).

capoeira · 2010-08-12 15:46:07

hokasch wrote:

This
contém a variável $arch, mas não possui arquitetura definida.
is because you did not have
Architecture = auto
in your pacman.conf (it came with pacman 3.4 and is in your .pacnew conf).
The other errors were about repos that do not exist but you had in pacman.conf (apps, desktop etc).

I undestand, so the trigger of my problems was when I first updated my mirrorlist on tuseday with reflector wich gave me a mirrorlist with undefined architecture (I think). I still don't understand how my pacman.conf had changed like this though, but let's forget about this. I will add

Architecture = auto

to my pacman.conf

THANKS to both of you who helped out

hokasch · 2010-08-12 15:47:51

No, don't forget about it, get your head around merging configfiles

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