Arch Linux Mirrors in Singapore blocked by Indian Government?

nullrequest · 2021-05-23 01:03:41

Today when I was trying to update my system I got the following errors

error: GPGME error: No data
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core                                                              252.0   B  82.0 KiB/s 00:00 [#######################################################] 100%
extra is up to date
community                                                         252.0   B  0.00   B/s 00:00 [#######################################################] 100%
multilib is up to date                                              0.0   B  0.00   B/s 00:00 [-------------------------------------------------------]   0%
herecura is up to date
archlinuxcn is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/core.db: Unrecognized archive format
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/community.db: Unrecognized archive format
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/multilib.db: Unrecognized archive format
warning: screenkey: local (1.4-2) is newer than herecura (0.2-7)
error: failed to prepare transaction (invalid or corrupted database)

A quick google search later I tried running

cat /var/lib/pacman/sync/core.db

to my horror html was spat out

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0"/><style>body{margin:0px;padding:0px;}iframe{width:100%;height:100%}</style><iframe src="http://www.airtel.in/dot/" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder=0></iframe>

going to the webpage of one one of my mirrors I see the following out put
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E2CLKPFVEAI … name=large
can anyone else confirm this is happening?

This used to happen with download.nus.edu.sg but that seems to have been fixed pretty quickly.

Mod Edit - Replaced oversized image with link.
CoC - Pasting pictures and code

Last edited by Slithery (2021-05-23 01:20:56)

nullrequest · 2021-05-23 01:23:17

Update: The issue has been resolved

ewaller · 2021-05-23 01:24:05

I see the same thing for http://www.airtel.in/dot/ from the United States, but I can hit http://www.airtel.in/
Not sure what to suggest besides try another mirror.

Also, please do not post large pictures. I am going to use my powers to change the image to a link....

Edit: Beat by Slithery.... But it is still blocked for me.

Last edited by ewaller (2021-05-23 01:25:00)

nullrequest · 2021-05-23 01:31:38

The issue has been fixed, I think it was a mistake on the isp side. this mirror is http://mirror.guillaumea.fr. I think @ my isp on twitter made them notice their mistake, btw airtel is an isp in India they don't host any mirrors for any software

Last edited by nullrequest (2021-05-23 01:33:02)

progandy · 2021-05-23 07:03:38

nullrequest wrote:

The issue has been fixed, I think it was a mistake on the isp side. this mirror is http://mirror.guillaumea.fr. I think @ my isp on twitter made them notice their mistake, btw airtel is an isp in India they don't host any mirrors for any software

There is another subdomain running a searx instance. Maybe that was the target of the block.

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Arch Linux Mirrors in Singapore blocked by Indian Government?

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