[resolved] pacman doesnt sync testing

ssl6 · 2007-09-09 20:43:57

trying to get pacman to sync with the testing repo. i uncommented the lines in pacman.conf and made sure the pacman.d/testing (whatever its call, its not in front of me right now) has the servers in there

but then when i run pacman -Sy it doesnt sync the testing repo even after a reboot. i was hoping to get openoffice and frostwire, i read that they were in there on a few posts in the forums here

Last edited by ssl6 (2007-09-10 22:32:50)

shining · 2007-09-09 21:05:15

Maybe you could paste output of pacman -Sy and pacman.conf file.

ssl6 · 2007-09-09 21:35:10

kk, ill do it when i get home

but basically, when i run pacman -Sy, it updates current, community, and extra, and thats it

but ill paste it in tonight when i get home from work.....i feel bad for these zune customers.....well, not really

tomk · 2007-09-09 22:16:32

And just fyi, frostwire is in unstable, not testing.

ssl6 · 2007-09-09 23:01:57

unstable, thats what i meant. im at work right now so i didn't have it in front of me

ssl6 · 2007-09-10 06:20:39

ok, heres what i have in pacman.conf

#
# /etc/pacman.conf
#
# See the pacman manpage for option directives

#
# GENERAL OPTIONS
#
[options]
LogFile     = /var/log/pacman.log
HoldPkg     = pacman glibc
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u

#
# 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
#
#[testing]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/testing

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

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

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

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

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

here's whats in the pacman.d/unstable

#
# unstable: Arch Linux unstable repository
#

# United States
Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/unstable/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.nethat.com/pub/linux/archlinux/unstable/os/i686
Server = ftp://locke.suu.edu/linux/dist/archlinux/unstable/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/unstable/os/i686
Server = ftp://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/ArchLinux/unstable/os/i686
Server = http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archlinux/unstable/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/unstable/os/i686

heres what i get when i run pacman -Sy

[root@archtest ~]# pacman -Sy
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 current                   69.7K    1.7K/s 00:00:41 [#####################] 100%
 extra                    273.3K    1.6K/s 00:02:50 [#####################] 100%
 community                298.6K    1.6K/s 00:03:07 [#####################] 100%
 local database is up to date

ssl6 · 2007-09-10 06:25:55

wait, nevermind, i noticed the extra # signs when posted.........i need to start wearing my reading glasses or something.....suppose i need reading glasses first for that though

but now i got frostwire installed. i cant seem to get openoffice though, it is still in the testing or unstable repo isn't it?

Last edited by ssl6 (2007-09-10 07:47:20)

shining · 2007-09-10 10:57:55

ssl6 wrote:

wait, nevermind, i noticed the extra # signs when posted.........i need to start wearing my reading glasses or something.....suppose i need reading glasses first for that though

Don't worry, you are just the 10000th user to make that mistake. At least you ended up figuring it out alone

but now i got frostwire installed. i cant seem to get openoffice though, it is still in the testing or unstable repo isn't it?

It's still in there :

>pacman -Ss openoffice-base                                                                                                                                                                            ~
testing/openoffice-base 2.3.0-0.16
    OpenOffice.org - a free multiplatform and multilingual office suite
extra/openoffice-base 2.2.1-3
    OpenOffice.org - a free multiplatform and multilingual office suite

stonecrest · 2007-09-10 15:54:51

shining wrote:

ssl6 wrote:
wait, nevermind, i noticed the extra # signs when posted.........i need to start wearing my reading glasses or something.....suppose i need reading glasses first for that though
Don't worry, you are just the 10000th user to make that mistake. At least you ended up figuring it out alone

Well, previous versions would complain that the config had a parsing error. That error was nebulous enough that it probably didn't help everyone, but it seems better than silently ignoring it as in the newer pacman versions.

shining · 2007-09-10 16:38:05

stonecrest wrote:

Well, previous versions would complain that the config had a parsing error. That error was nebulous enough that it probably didn't help everyone, but it seems better than silently ignoring it as in the newer pacman versions.

Hmm, in this particular case, maybe its possible to do something.
Indeed pacman 3.0 silently ignores that, but 3.1 fails already.
However it reports something like :
error: config file /etc/pacman.d/testing, line x: directive 'Server' not recognized

So that Include stuff makes it somewhat misleading...

However this only applies to the first entry, which is a special case.
For all other entries, like he did for unstable :

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

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

I don't see how it is possible to detect that.

ssl6 · 2007-09-10 17:13:55

well, i guess i'm glad to know im not the only one.

i did figure out why it wasnt finding openoffice after searching teh forum. i was just typing openoffice, not openoffice-base. so i got that taken care of.

once again, i appreciate the help guys

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