pacman strange behavior (SOLVED)

kawa · 2006-11-30 06:58:00

I installed Arch bare and I am liking it. I set up pacman "to the book" but it is behaving rather "strangely". When I am installing a package it DLs one item then books out with a message "Failed Downloading . . . " then it locks. Each time I have to go to /tmp and delete pacman.lck then rerun the instllation and it does this up to about the last 3 items of which I get the message "Failed Downloading . . . " then it searches the next repo and processed to DL and install. Could it be something with my config? Do I have to disable the other repos?

Pajaro · 2006-11-30 07:38:05

try using wget.

check /etc/pacman.conf

you will see a comented line that starts with

#XferCommand = wget

install wget, and then uncomment that line.

Youshould also open a bug in the bugtracker

dolby · 2006-11-30 08:18:15

also aria2 is a good option as it makes more than 1 connections to get the same file. link

Pajaro · 2006-11-30 09:56:35

aria2 makes some downloads be corrupted

ndlarsen · 2006-11-30 10:17:04

Pajaro wrote:

aria2 makes some downloads be corrupted

From my experience that seems to happen when some of the mirrors have not fully synced yet.

Pajaro · 2006-11-30 10:36:45

whatever reason it is, it makes aria2 very uncomfortable, specially for a n00b

kawa · 2006-11-30 11:52:06

Pajaro wrote:

try using wget.

wget just hung :cry:

lucke · 2006-11-30 12:51:29

Check whether you have decent mirrors on top of files in /etc/pacman.d/ (not nethat, e.g.).

If it's only a question of a download manager, you could also try snarf or curl.

roguetr · 2006-12-05 07:49:28

That is strange behavior. You are more likely to see a repo time out than for a transfer to die in the rear so frequently.

Have you tested tcp throughput on that network card? Are there any other errors occurring in the logs or on the interface itself?

Honestly, it doesn't sound like a pacman issue, especially if you have tried alternative software for package retrieval. Like I said, even if you had stale or unreachable mirrors, you are more likely to just get a general time out.

whot · 2006-12-06 03:42:54

I'm having the same problem. It looks like not being able to retreive the filesize is causing pacman to dump.

Here is my output:

[root@stheno ~]# pacman -S scons

Targets: scons-0.96.92-2

Total Package Size: 0.6 MB

Proceed with upgrade? [Y/n] y

:: Retrieving packages from extra...
warning: failed to get filesize for scons-0.96.92-2.pkg.tar.gz

failed downloading scons-0.96.92-2.pkg.tar.gz from ftp.nethat.com: 550 scons-0.96.92-2.pkg.tar.gz: No such file or directory

warning: failed to get filesize for scons-0.96.92-2.pkg.tar.gz

failed downloading scons-0.96.92-2.pkg.tar.gz from ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu: 550 Failed to open file.

warning: failed to get filesize for scons-0.96.92-2.pkg.tar.gz

failed downloading scons-0.96.92-2.pkg.tar.gz from ftp.archlinux.org: 550 Failed to open file.

warning: failed to get filesize for scons-0.96.92-2.pkg.tar.gz

failed downloading scons-0.96.92-2.pkg.tar.gz from ftp.ibiblio.org: 550 scons-0.96.92-2.pkg.tar.gz: No such file or directory

warning: failed to get filesize for scons-0.96.92-2.pkg.tar.gz

failed downloading scons-0.96.92-2.pkg.tar.gz from mirror.cs.vt.edu: 550 Failed to open file.

connect: Connection refused
error: cannot connect to archlinux.antesis.org
*** glibc detected *** pacman: double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x0875ce70 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/libc.so.6[0x400b7b10]
/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_free+0x89)[0x400b91a9]
pacman[0x80604ee]
pacman[0x805b731]
pacman[0x805bdeb]
pacman[0x80523c6]
pacman[0x8055335]
/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xd8)[0x400697c8]
pacman[0x804a0a1]
======= Memory map: ========
08048000-0806b000 r-xp 00000000 03:43 2083461 /usr/bin/pacman
0806b000-0806c000 rw-p 00023000 03:43 2083461 /usr/bin/pacman
0806c000-0877f000 rw-p 0806c000 00:00 0 [heap]
40000000-4001a000 r-xp 00000000 03:43 5226508 /lib/ld-2.5.so
4001a000-4001b000 r--p 00019000 03:43 5226508 /lib/ld-2.5.so
4001b000-4001c000 rw-p 0001a000 03:43 5226508 /lib/ld-2.5.so
4001c000-4001f000 rw-p 4001c000 00:00 0
4001f000-40027000 r-xp 00000000 03:43 5226552 /lib/libnss_files-2.5.so
40027000-40029000 rw-p 00007000 03:43 5226552 /lib/libnss_files-2.5.so
40029000-4002d000 r-xp 00000000 03:43 5226549 /lib/libnss_dns-2.5.so
4002d000-4002f000 rw-p 00003000 03:43 5226549 /lib/libnss_dns-2.5.so
4002f000-4003d000 r-xp 00000000 03:43 5226548 /lib/libresolv-2.5.so
4003d000-4003f000 rw-p 0000d000 03:43 5226548 /lib/libresolv-2.5.so
4003f000-40042000 rw-p 4003f000 00:00 0
40042000-40053000 r-xp 00000000 03:43 2065997 /usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.3
40053000-40054000 rw-p 00011000 03:43 2065997 /usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.3
40054000-40178000 r-xp 00000000 03:43 5226513 /lib/libc-2.5.so
40178000-40179000 r--p 00124000 03:43 5226513 /lib/libc-2.5.so
40179000-4017b000 rw-p 00125000 03:43 5226513 /lib/libc-2.5.so
4017b000-40184000 rw-p 4017b000 00:00 0
401a9000-401b3000 r-xp 00000000 03:43 2065391 /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
401b3000-401b4000 rw-p 00009000 03:43 2065391 /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
40200000-40221000 rw-p 40200000 00:00 0
40221000-40300000 ---p 40221000 00:00 0
bfb19000-bfb2e000 rw-p bfb19000 00:00 0 [stack]
ffffe000-fffff000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 [vdso]
Aborted

Is this a mirror syncing issue?

roguetr · 2006-12-06 04:07:13

That doesn't look like the same issue ... if the only problem you are having is what you posted ... and it isn't locking up on you like the problem described by kawa, then I would say you are experiencing something completely different.

Did you perform:

pacman -Sy

Prior to the command you posted? or even better:

pacman -Syu

To ensure pacman and the system is up to date?

I imagine what you have posted gets posted rather regularly, here is another:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=26874

roguetr · 2006-12-06 04:08:18

Also, from other posts, it is suggested that you remove this repo:

archlinux.antesis.org

byte · 2006-12-06 09:42:57

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mirrors (1st paragraph, then pick one from the list)

roguetr · 2006-12-06 11:00:04

How are you going kawa? Any luck since your last post?

kawa · 2006-12-06 14:22:44

roguetr wrote:

How are you going kawa? Any luck since your last post?

I am yet to try snarf or curl.

How do I use them? Hopefully I do not have to select and download the files manually :shock:

roguetr · 2006-12-06 22:44:43

before you go that far ... what happens when you:

wget ftp://some.site/some.large.file

and or:

wget http://some.site/some.large.file

?

I'd be more inclined to isolate why the standard retrieval mechanisms aren't working for you first.

kawa · 2006-12-07 06:26:20

roguetr wrote:

before you go that far ... what happens when you:
wget ftp://some.site/some.large.file
and or:
wget http://some.site/some.large.file
?
I'd be more inclined to isolate why the standard retrieval mechanisms aren't working for you first.

Cool, here goes . . .

The retreival works. I have had no problems when it is ftping i.e the speed is relatively ok and no time outs. It always gets a file when it needs to DL. The problem is if I need to get more than 1 file, it gets the first file then I get that message and it quits on me. I then have to delete the pacman.lck and run

pacman -S xx

again. It then gets the next file, file number 2, with no hassles but fails again to get, this time, file number 3. And this goes on untilthe last file and it appears the last 2 files are then retreived without pacman bailing out on me and it installs no problem.

You can now imagine me trying (which I did) to install Gnome using such a method.

roguetr · 2006-12-07 06:38:01

Does this happen with all mirrors?

I'm not sure if pacman initiates concurrent connections (As in attempting to connect before a complete disconnect from the previous transfer) but it seems either the mirror is throttling your connection or there is something preventing pacman from removing it's lock.

Just curious, have you done a:

pacman -Sy pacman

kawa · 2006-12-07 07:13:01

roguetr wrote:

Does this happen with all mirrors?
I'm not sure if pacman initiates concurrent connections (As in attempting to connect before a complete disconnect from the previous transfer) but it seems either the mirror is throttling your connection or there is something preventing pacman from removing it's lock.
Just curious, have you done a:
pacman -Sy pacman

I have just run pacman -Sy pacman and I am looking for something to DL and test. I have commented out all the repos and left Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/current/os/i686
in current and Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/extra/os/i686 for extra. Let me try now and see what happens.
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kawa · 2006-12-07 07:15:41

This is what I get:

[root@htm pacman.d]# pacman -S abiword
Targets: fribidi-0.10.7-1 enchant-1.2.6-1 wv-1.2.1-2 abiword-2.4.5-1
Total Package Size: 4.3 MB
Proceed with upgrade? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages from current...
fribidi-0.10.7-1 [################] 100% 51K 3.4K/s 00:00:15
failed downloading ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/current/os/i686 … pkg.tar.gz from ftp.archlinux.org: (null)

failed downloading ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/current/os/i686 … pkg.tar.gz from ftp.archlinux.org: (null)
[root@htm pacman.d]#

kawa · 2006-12-07 07:19:37

When I retry soon after, I get this:

[root@htm pacman.d]# pacman -S abiword
error: unable to lock pacman database.
if you're sure pacman is not already running, you
can remove /tmp/pacman.lck
[root@htm pacman.d]#

roguetr · 2006-12-07 07:20:52

damn ... that really doesn't maker a lot of sense. Assuming no errors with the card/network ... I'd start leaning towards something between you and the mirror. Even then I can't really think of much outside of dodgy firewall/config or dodgy transparent proxy.

Sorry, I gotta run but I will have a think.

kawa · 2006-12-07 07:35:32

I would like to believe my card is working fine since I can do major upgrades in Debian but what I have noted is that for Debian my mirrors are all http:/

deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free

Let me try using the mirrors with http:/ and see how things work out. Come to think of it, I had problems upgrading using slap-get in slackware where ftp:/ mirrors were concerned. :oops:

kawa · 2006-12-07 08:17:42

I have seen what pacman wants on my pc:

wget works with the http mirrors, using the ftp ones it tries an anonymous connection and hangs.

My pacman now works

roguetr · 2006-12-07 10:47:22

damn ... that was my next question ... http mirrors. Good work ... I didn't think it was pacman. Are you using iptables firewall? ... maybe an issue with ftp connection tracking ...

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