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Gyscos

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Registered: 2009-09-19

Posts: 33

failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz'

Hello !
I'm trying to install Archlinux from another distro (currently gentoo) but when I have to do pacman_chroot -Syf base --ignore kernel26 (this uses the static version of pacman), I get nasty errors :

gyscos ArchLinux # pacman_chroot -Syf base --ignore kernel26
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from ftp.archlinux.org : Connexion terminée par expiration du délai d'attente
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from locke.suu.edu : Connexion terminée par expiration du délai d'attente
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from mirrors.unixheads.org : Connexion terminée par expiration du délai d'attente
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu : Le réseau n'est pas accessible
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from mirror.cs.vt.edu : Connexion terminée par expiration du délai d'attente
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from mirrors.easynews.com : Connexion terminée par expiration du délai d'attente
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from ftp.ibiblio.org : Connexion terminée par expiration du délai d'attente
...

The error is in french, meaning "Connexion timed out"

I am behind a proxy, but it is configured in http_proxy and ftp_proxy vars, and in my ~/.wgetrc

Any idea what I have to do ? Thanks !

EDIT : if I try to wget ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/core/os/i686/core.db.tar.gz, it works just fine... so the problem shouldn't be my network...

Last edited by Gyscos (2009-09-19 09:44:21)

shining

Pacman Developer

Registered: 2006-05-10

Posts: 2,043

Re: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz'

what is pacman_chroot ? just pacman static ?

You can try using XferCommand and wget in pacman.conf

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pacman roulette : pacman -S $(pacman -Slq | LANG=C sort -R | head -n $((RANDOM % 10)))

Gyscos

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Registered: 2009-09-19

Posts: 33

Re: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz'

pacman_chroot is pacman static with the root option included (i haven't chrooted yet).
I tried to uncomment the XferCommand line in the pacman.conf, but it doesn't change anything...

shining

Pacman Developer

Registered: 2006-05-10

Posts: 2,043

Re: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz'

What do you mean it does not change anything ? It should at least change the output and use wget.

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pacman roulette : pacman -S $(pacman -Slq | LANG=C sort -R | head -n $((RANDOM % 10)))

Gyscos

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Registered: 2009-09-19

Posts: 33

Re: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz'

Well it didn't. Maybe the static pacman doesn't use this config file ?
I repeat that I am under gentoo, installing archlinux in another partition...

shining

Pacman Developer

Registered: 2006-05-10

Posts: 2,043

Re: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz'

well, what about editing the correct config file...
pacman -v

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pacman roulette : pacman -S $(pacman -Slq | LANG=C sort -R | head -n $((RANDOM % 10)))

Gyscos

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Registered: 2009-09-19

Posts: 33

Re: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz'

Thanks so much ! It was using tmp/pacman.conf and not etc/pacman.conf.
Now it works so fine !!!