Updating using pacman is suddenly really slow?

bjorntj · 2011-09-23 07:54:41

When I run pacman -Suy, it writes :: Synchronizing package databases...
and there it stops for many minutes...

This started yesterday, not sure why... Does anyone have a solution? Or suggestions what to check?

Regards,

BTJ

skunktrader · 2011-09-23 08:12:30

Check your DNS server
Try a different mirror

exspasticcomics · 2011-09-23 08:12:56

It might be due to where you're getting your packages from. /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist Maybe a server is down or having issues. You can get new, updated mirror list....

http://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/

Last edited by exspasticcomics (2011-09-23 08:13:17)

Jelle · 2011-09-23 09:07:04

I had issues with slow/unresponsive servers so I just installed Reflector. Seems to work fine now and saves some manual tweaking.

bjorntj · 2011-09-23 10:12:15

exspasticcomics wrote:

It might be due to where you're getting your packages from. /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist Maybe a server is down or having issues. You can get new, updated mirror list....
http://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/

The problem is that I have another pc at home using Arch and using the same mirror, no problem there... And we have no dns problems...

Is there anyway to get more debug, so I can see what pacman is waiting for?

BTJ

jasonwryan · 2011-09-23 10:20:04

Like this?

man pacman wrote:

--debug
Display debug messages. When reporting bugs, this option is recommended to be used.

bjorntj · 2011-09-23 10:29:22

Yes... (A) But I can't see what's wrong there, perhaps someone else can...:

debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.conf
debug: config: new section 'options'
debug: config: HoldPkg: pacman
debug: config: HoldPkg: glibc
debug: config: SyncFirst: pacman
debug: config: Architecture: x86_64
debug: config: new section 'core'
debug: registering sync database 'core'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 65: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': ftp://mirror.archlinux.no/core/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': http://mirror.archlinux.no/core/os/x86_64
debug: setlibpaths() called
debug: option 'cachedir' = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: new section 'extra'
debug: registering sync database 'extra'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 68: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': ftp://mirror.archlinux.no/extra/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': http://mirror.archlinux.no/extra/os/x86_64
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: new section 'community'
debug: registering sync database 'community'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 74: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': ftp://mirror.archlinux.no/community/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': http://mirror.archlinux.no/community/os/x86_64
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: new section 'multilib'
debug: registering sync database 'multilib'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 83: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: adding new server URL to database 'multilib': ftp://mirror.archlinux.no/multilib/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'multilib': http://mirror.archlinux.no/multilib/os/x86_64
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.conf
:: Synchronizing package databases...
debug: database path for tree local set to /var/lib/pacman/local/
debug: local database version 2
debug: destfile found, using mtime only
debug: using 'core.db' for download progress
debug: HTTP_PROXY: (null)
debug: http_proxy: (null)
debug: FTP_PROXY:  (null)
debug: ftp_proxy:  (null)

It gets so far before it stops...

BTJ

bjorntj · 2011-09-23 11:42:57

I have the same problem when install apps as well, but it then hangs on..:

:: Retrieving packages from extra...

BTJ

Last edited by bjorntj (2011-09-23 11:47:08)

the sad clown · 2011-09-23 12:45:10

bjorntj wrote:

The problem is that I have another pc at home using Arch and using the same mirror, no problem there... And we have no dns problems...
Is there anyway to get more debug, so I can see what pacman is waiting for?

BTJ

This could still be an out of date mirror, unless you have exactly the same packages installed on both computers. Besides, it won't hurt anything to update your mirrorlist.

bjorntj · 2011-09-23 12:50:33

Ok, tried that now but still the same...

I tried different sites in Scandinavia (Norway and Sweden) but still the same... But when I chose i mirror in Canada, then the speed was back.... Not sure I understand why.....

BTJ

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Updating using pacman is suddenly really slow?

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