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HOLOGRAPHICpizza

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Registered: 2009-07-18

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[SOLVED] Pacman "Transient resolver failure"

I just did a fresh install of Arch on my server, and the network is up and working fine, but when I try to sync pacman I get a "Transient resolver failure" error for each repository. The mirror isn't down, because I can ping it with no problem.

[root@flash ~]# pacman -Sy
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from mirror.archlinux.com.ve : Transient resolver failure
error: failed to update core (Transient resolver failure)
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db.tar.gz' from mirror.archlinux.com.ve : Transient resolver failure
error: failed to update extra (Transient resolver failure)
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db.tar.gz' from mirror.archlinux.com.ve : Transient resolver failure
error: failed to update community (Transient resolver failure)
error: failed to synchronize any databases
[root@flash ~]# ping mirror.archlinux.com.ve
PING mirror.archlinux.com.ve (208.113.166.157) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from apache2-whippit.milliken.dreamhost.com (208.113.166.157): icmp_seq=1 ttl=53 time=89.8 ms
64 bytes from apache2-whippit.milliken.dreamhost.com (208.113.166.157): icmp_seq=2 ttl=53 time=87.2 ms
64 bytes from apache2-whippit.milliken.dreamhost.com (208.113.166.157): icmp_seq=3 ttl=53 time=87.0 ms
^C
--- mirror.archlinux.com.ve ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 87.072/88.079/89.888/1.281 ms
[root@flash ~]#

Does anyone have any ideas?

Last edited by HOLOGRAPHICpizza (2009-07-18 19:05:00)

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Re: [SOLVED] Pacman "Transient resolver failure"

Yes. Try another mirror, that one might be in the middle of syncing.

A little bit of forum searching would have told you the same, I suggest you take that into account next time you post such stuff .

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HOLOGRAPHICpizza

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Registered: 2009-07-18

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Re: [SOLVED] Pacman "Transient resolver failure"

Well darn, I feel stupid now. I didn't mention that I had already tried this on 3 other mirrors and I had ruled out the mirror as being the issue, so as a last ditch effort I just uncommented every US server in my mirrorlist, and of course the second one worked. Thanks anyway.

Last edited by HOLOGRAPHICpizza (2009-07-18 12:20:18)

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Re: [SOLVED] Pacman "Transient resolver failure"

You're welcome . Please add [Solved] to your topic title .

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