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#1 2007-12-27 12:56:04

b9anders
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[solved]cannot access the testing repository

I have noticed I seem incapable of accessing the testing repository on my arch. I assumed it would be as simple as uncommenting it pacman.conf, but it doesn't get including when I run pacman -Sy, nor can I find any packages from it afterwards.

The only thing I've tried to pull in is netcfg and in the thread dedicated to it here it say:

Whether you're running [testing] or not,

pacman -S testing/netcfg

which only gives me

pacman -S testing/netcfg
error: repository 'testing' not found
error: 'testing/netcfg': no such repository

whether the testing repo is uncommented or not in pacman.conf. I've tried changing the testing mirror to another, but that didn't work either. What could be wrong?

Last edited by b9anders (2007-12-27 13:50:08)

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#2 2007-12-27 12:59:59

Mr Green
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Re: [solved]cannot access the testing repository

post your pacman.conf please also check you have testing in pacman.d


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#3 2007-12-27 13:12:25

b9anders
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Re: [solved]cannot access the testing repository

$ cat /etc/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

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

[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
$ ls /etc/pacman.d/
community  core  extra  release  testing  unstable

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#4 2007-12-27 13:12:55

peque
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Re: [solved]cannot access the testing repository

For my believe - Shouldn't it just be:
pacman -S netcfg

And you'll get the latest from testing???
But you need to uncoimment [testing] also!

Last edited by peque (2007-12-27 13:14:18)


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#5 2007-12-27 13:14:33

b9anders
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Re: [solved]cannot access the testing repository

peque wrote:

For my believe - Shouldn't it just be:
pacman -S netcfg

And you'll get the latest from testing???

I would think so. Neither '-S testing/netcfg' or '-S netcfg' with testing uncommented in pacman.conf seem to work however.

Last edited by b9anders (2007-12-27 13:15:00)

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#6 2007-12-27 13:37:38

Allan
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Re: [solved]cannot access the testing repository

#[testing]

should be

[testing]

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#7 2007-12-27 13:49:52

b9anders
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Re: [solved]cannot access the testing repository

Allan wrote:
#[testing]

should be

[testing]

thanks.:)

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