[solved] Local packages newer than packages in repo?

Seleven · 2007-02-20 13:00:27

This morning:

[root,07:38 ~]# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases... 
 current                  [################] 100%      66K   409.1K/s  00:00:00
:: extra is up to date
 community                [################] 100%      74K   401.1K/s  00:00:00
:: abiword: local (2.4.6-1) appears to be newer than repo (current/2.4.3-1)
:: acl: local (2.2.39-1) appears to be newer than repo (current/2.2.34-1)
:: acroread: local (7.0.8-1) appears to be newer than repo (current/7.0.5-1)
:: alsa-lib: local (1.0.13-1) appears to be newer than repo (current/1.0.11-2)
:: alsa-utils: local (1.0.13-1) appears to be newer than repo (current/1.0.11-1)
:: aspell: local (0.60.5-1) appears to be newer than repo (current/0.60.4-2)
:: atk: local (1.13.2-1) appears to be newer than repo (current/1.11.4-1)
:: attr: local (2.4.32-2) appears to be newer than repo (current/2.4.28-1)
:: autoconf: local (2.61-1) appears to be newer than repo (current/2.59-2)
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I used sortmirrors a couple days ago, which messed up. So I thought I had fixed it. I got a new list of mirrors from somewhere here at archlinux.org. And now I get this. It goes on all the way through xvidcore. All are from [current]. Why just current? I did the same thing with extra and community.

/etc/pacman.d/current:

[root,07:39 ~]# cat /etc/pacman.d/current
#
# CURRENT: Arch Linux core repository
#
[current]
#North America
Server = http://www2.cddc.vt.edu/linux/distributions/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/ArchLinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.nethat.com/pub/linux/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/current/os/i686
Server = http://ftp.parrswood.manchester.sch.uk/Mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/current/os/i686
Server = http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.surfnet.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://archlinux.puzzle.ch/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/metalab/distributions/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/ftp.archlinux.org/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.gigabit.nu/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://mirror.icis.pcz.pl/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://cesium.di.uminho.pt/pub/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://gul.est.ips.pt/repos/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.rez-gif.supelec.fr/pub/Linux/distrib/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/sunsite.unc-mirror/distributions/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://mir2.archlinuxfr.org/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://mi.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://cle.linux.org.tw/pub/ArchLinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/archlinux.org/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/arch/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://mir1.archlinuxfr.org/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.estpak.ee/pub/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/site/linux-sunsite/distributions/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = http://cncmirror.vxmatrix.net/ArchLinux/current/os/i686
Server = http://mirrors.jakimowicz.com/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.ds.hj.se/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = http://mirror.vxmatrix.net/ArchLinux/current/os/i686
Server = http://dxmirror.vxmatrix.net/ArchLinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.linux.kiev.ua/pub/Linux/ArchLinux/current/os/i686

So... Are things totally messed up? Or, perhaps the newly sorted mirrors that pacman is accessing has older packages somehow?!? I'm baffled, but then, I'm no expert...

Last edited by Seleven (2007-02-20 19:32:33)

Seleven · 2007-02-20 13:06:28

I looked again, and there are a few from [community] as well.

Sekre · 2007-02-20 13:08:50

try changing top servers, may be that the one you use as primary is not up-to-date.

Seleven · 2007-02-20 13:27:18

So what your saying is that the mirrors won't always have the very same packages. i.e. they get updated slowly over the course of a few days. If I had just waited a few days, my new top mirrors would not have 'older' packages? Is that about how it works?

noriko · 2007-02-20 15:24:30

this may happen if you change mirrors, or the order of the repos (testing,from last to first,etc...)
it can generally just be ignored imho.

yes u r correct, it can take up to a few days sometimes for mirrors to sync.

Seleven · 2007-02-20 19:32:05

Ok, Thanks guys!

Snowman · 2007-02-20 21:40:07

Don't use the http://www2.cddc.vt.edu mirror. It hasn't been updated since 02-May-2006. Replace it by another mirror.

Seleven · 2007-02-21 02:43:17

Will do. Thanks Snowman

codemac · 2007-02-22 16:36:38

Use the http://mirror.cs.vt.edu mirror if you want one from VT ( i run that mirror )

Seleven · 2007-02-22 19:07:34

Yup, that one's in my top 5. (I used the rankmirrors script, it's nice, it works!)

byte · 2007-02-23 12:12:43

You might want to read the hint at http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mirrors#Mirror_List in order to check the 'freshness' of a particular mirror. But still, local timezones could mess it up so I'm not quite sure about the best way to check this.

hacosta · 2007-02-23 16:16:55

i would also recomend, using the same mirror for all repos (testing, current, extra) if its possible

Snowman · 2007-02-23 17:40:37

byte wrote:

You might want to read the hint at http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mirrors#Mirror_List in order to check the 'freshness' of a particular mirror. But still, local timezones could mess it up so I'm not quite sure about the best way to check this.

You can check the date of the <reponame>.db.tar.gz file on the server. If it has been updated in the last couple of days then the server is relatively up-to-date. That's what I do.

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#1 2007-02-20 13:00:27

[solved] Local packages newer than packages in repo?

#2 2007-02-20 13:06:28

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#3 2007-02-20 13:08:50

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#4 2007-02-20 13:27:18

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#5 2007-02-20 15:24:30

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#7 2007-02-20 21:40:07

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