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snowhog

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[SOLVED] yaourt repository issue

Reinstalling Arch in an Oracle Virtualbox VM. Added the yaourt repository information in /etc/pacman.conf:

[archlinuxfr]
SigLevel = Never
Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/$arch

Executed (while running as root) pacman -Syy and get the following error against the above URL:

error: failed retrieving file 'archlinuxfr.db' from repo.archlinuxfr : Could not resolve host: repo.archlinuxfr
error: failed to update archlinuxfr (download library error)

Why?

Last edited by snowhog (2016-02-24 23:37:58)

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Re: [SOLVED] yaourt repository issue

Reinstalling Arch in an Oracle Virtualbox VM. Added the yaourt repository information in /etc/pacman.conf:

Why?

Moving to AUR issues.

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Re: [SOLVED] yaourt repository issue

Command output does not jive with the config snippet.

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Re: [SOLVED] yaourt repository issue

How does that file define "Architecture" ;  Mine is set to 'auto'

Do you have a working network connection?

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snowhog

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Re: [SOLVED] yaourt repository issue

The problem (seems to me) is the host repo.archlinux.fr doesn't resolve to an IP address. As to the stanza for this repository that was added to /etc/pacman.conf, it is as all the guides say to do it, including the Arch Wiki.

When I installed Arch for the first time a week ago, everything went off fine. Then, this repository, added exactly the same way as this time, resolved. Now it isn't. The actual site URL: http://repo.archlinux.fr is reachable in a browser, so it's valid. Given that, why isn't the host being resolved when running pacman -Sy?

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snowhog

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Re: [SOLVED] yaourt repository issue

How does that file define "Architecture" ;  Mine is set to 'auto'

Do you have a working network connection?

By default, Architecture = auto is enabled (uncommented) in /etc/pacman.conf. Unless the architecture of an added repository needs to be specifically set, you don't need to add an Architecture line in the stanza. And, the $arch 'variable' gets resolved to the architecture of the running system when processed by pacman.

Yes, fully functioning network connection.

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WorMzy

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Re: [SOLVED] yaourt repository issue

I think Alphaniner nailed it, but I'll ask again. Why do you want to add this terrible repo?

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Re: [SOLVED] yaourt repository issue

[archlinuxfr]
SigLevel = Never
Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/$arch

error: failed retrieving file 'archlinuxfr.db' from repo.archlinuxfr : Could not resolve host: repo.archlinuxfr

You've manually typed your pacman.conf snippet instead of copy/paste didn't you?

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Re: [SOLVED] yaourt repository issue

[archlinuxfr]
SigLevel = Never
Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/$arch

error: failed retrieving file 'archlinuxfr.db' from repo.archlinuxfr : Could not resolve host: repo.archlinuxfr

You've manually typed your pacman.conf snippet instead of copy/paste didn't you?

Yes, I did. Thank you. That made me look again, and damn, I typo'd the Server address in the actual stanza in /etc/pacman.conf. I didn't have the . between archlinux and fr.

Doh!

It just goes to show, beware your own eyes truthfulness when looking at your own work.

Fixed the stanza and now it resolves correctly.

Thank you.

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Re: [SOLVED] yaourt repository issue

I recommend you stop using third party repos for simple AUR packages. The repo only serves one purpose, automatic updates of the package-query package after an incompatible pacman update. However, while package-query keeps up with pacman most of the time, the repository does not, so you will either have an unusable extra package manager from time to time or end up building the package manually.

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Re: [SOLVED] yaourt repository issue

I recommend you stop using third party repos for simple AUR packages. The repo only serves one purpose, automatic updates of the package-query package after an incompatible pacman update. However, while package-query keeps up with pacman most of the time, the repository does not, so you will either have an unusable extra package manager from time to time or end up building the package manually.

This.

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snowhog

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Re: [SOLVED] yaourt repository issue

Thank you both. Advice noted. I've removed yaourt (sudo pacman -R yaourt) and removed the stanza from /etc/pacman.conf and updated the system (sudo pacman -Syu).

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