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miesnerd

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From: Texan by birth, TN by paycheck

Registered: 2008-02-17

Posts: 94

pacman -Syu locks on manpages download

Just did pacman -Syu like normal and 3 times, it locked up on downloading the manpages. we're talking where it gets to 37% or something like that and 10 minutes later, still idling there. I havent seen anyone mention this, but I'd be suprised if this was a "me" thing and not an "arch" thing. Just thought I'd bring it to attention. And no, im not having any problems with my network whatsoever.

-Miesnerd

toofishes

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From: Chicago, IL

Registered: 2006-06-06

Posts: 602

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Re: pacman -Syu locks on manpages download

A few things here- you've left out like all details that might be important for others to verify and reproduce this. You may want to provide your pacman version, what mirror you are using, whether you have tried a different mirror, etc.

sand_man

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-06-10

Posts: 2,164

Re: pacman -Syu locks on manpages download

Have you tried installing manpages by itself?

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rooloo

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Registered: 2008-07-09

Posts: 218

Re: pacman -Syu locks on manpages download

try a different mirror, failed downloads normally mean corrupted data.

is it possible that /var/cache/pacman/pkg contains a file for the latest manpages that is courrupt and pacman is trying to resume a broken download?

Last edited by rooloo (2008-08-07 12:31:26)

miesnerd

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From: Texan by birth, TN by paycheck

Registered: 2008-02-17

Posts: 94

Re: pacman -Syu locks on manpages download

try a different mirror, failed downloads normally mean corrupted data.

is it possible that /var/cache/pacman/pkg contains a file for the latest manpages that is courrupt and pacman is trying to resume a broken download?

I'll try to get to this today ( i have a final here in a few hours so that takes precedence) but this is for certain because it has failed three times now, so you'd assume its trying to resume a broken download. Also, one time it immediately jumped to 35% then straight to 37% where it promptly stopped, so without any further work right now, I'd imagine that's exactly the case.

Sorry for the lack of details. I wrongfully assumed it was a pacman problem, and didnt think about it being a mirror problem.

I'll get back to you all later today.

-Miesnerd

manimal347

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Registered: 2008-05-31

Posts: 7

Re: pacman -Syu locks on manpages download

I'm having the same problem as Miesnerd. I came home after a month to find updates to a bounty of packages clocking in at about ~350 megabytes of data. I first updated the kernel and Pacman, then the rest of my packages. Unfortunately, Pacman keeps freezing when grabbing the packages. Sometimes it pulls down a few hundred kilobytes, but never more than eight or so megabytes. If I stop with ctrl-c and restart the process, it grabs a bit more, then freezes again. A "freeze" constitutes Pacman no longer making any progress in fetching packages, even if left running for hours. After about thirty runs of pacman -Syu, I now have about 170 megabytes of packages completed, but something must be wrong with Pacman, my Arch config, or both.

I use the Georgia Tech mirror and have no other problems with TCP/IP applications.

Last edited by manimal347 (2008-08-07 21:07:21)

Execute_Method

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From: Tennessee

Registered: 2008-07-26

Posts: 105

Re: pacman -Syu locks on manpages download

+1 same thing here using the GA Tech mirror

Execute_Method

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From: Tennessee

Registered: 2008-07-26

Posts: 105

Re: pacman -Syu locks on manpages download

the UM Flint works and it's faster for me...

Last edited by Execute_Method (2008-08-07 21:54:49)

miesnerd

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From: Texan by birth, TN by paycheck

Registered: 2008-02-17

Posts: 94

Re: pacman -Syu locks on manpages download

Execute-
Im pretty sure I am using the GT mirror. Maybe the VT one, but im not certain.