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Hi Archers,
Having a problem with the new pacman. I installed the new pacman, but now it asks me whether I want to swap some packages (such as pidgin for game); after asking me it has to be prompted again to install the other packages (by pressing Enter).
Then, after downloading the new packages it segfaults:
error: failed retrieving file 'bftpd-1.8-1.pkg.tar.gz' from ftp.parrswood.manchester.sch.uk : Not Found[1] 15039 segmentation fault sudo pacman -Syu
Is parrswood experiencing problems, or is it something else?
Update: I doubt it's parrswood, as I tried commenting out parrswood and using the Irish mirror - which resulted in an IMMEDIATE segfault.
TIA
Jeff
Last edited by twenex (2007-05-13 18:13:27)
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Do you see anything interesting by adding the --debug option to pacman?
or maybe higher levels with --debug=2 or 3
pacman roulette : pacman -S $(pacman -Slq | LANG=C sort -R | head -n $((RANDOM % 10)))
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Ah! yes:
<quote>error: failed to commit transaction (corrupted package)
archive openldap-2.3.35-1.pkg.tar.gz was corrupted (bad MD5 or SHA1 checksum)
errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.</quote>
thanks for suggesting that.
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hmm, I'm confused. I don't remember needing the debug flag for seeing a corrupted package.
and I don't remember a corrupted package causing pacman to segfault.
But well, you tried removing the corrupted package? Does it work after that?
pacman roulette : pacman -S $(pacman -Slq | LANG=C sort -R | head -n $((RANDOM % 10)))
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Just to discard a possible mirror problem, I've been using parrswood with no problems at all.
Thanks to Parrs Wood High School for the mirror, BTW.
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I had a problem getting packages from pacman. It was because my ISP stopped all ftp traffic to my IP. I changed my MAC address and got a new IP from my ISP. Life was good again:)
HP Chromebook 14
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I had a problem getting packages from pacman. It was because my ISP stopped all ftp traffic to my IP. I changed my MAC address and got a new IP from my ISP. Life was good again:)
weird..
Otherwise, several mirrors allow using both http and ftp, so you might have tried that with your mirrors.
pacman roulette : pacman -S $(pacman -Slq | LANG=C sort -R | head -n $((RANDOM % 10)))
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FYI, I solved the problem by changing to the US mirrors. Will change back next time I use pacman -Syu and see how it goes.
Thanks for the replies, all.
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hi twenex. just down the road from u in F*lton
always found parswood to be a bit hit and miss.
i now use the Server = ftp://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/ftp.arch … nt/os/i686 for upgrades. its reliable and Fast.
kern
Last edited by Kern (2007-05-16 15:06:30)
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