[SOLVED] Gnome's 2.30 update woes (or: metacity 2.30 is 404 not found)

samueldr · 2010-04-01 00:32:27

Hi!

I am in a sort of pickle currently. I am trying to update my system now, but the new metacity package (listed on the frontpage as 2.30.0-1) is not available in the repos. Every repo enabled on my machine gives me a 404 for metacity. Every other package to be update by pacman -Syu has been found, metacity is the only one left.

Here is part of the output:

>LC_ALL=C sudo pacman -Syyu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core                      36.1K   80.4K/s 00:00:00 [##] 100%
 extra                    450.8K  314.8K/s 00:00:01 [##] 100%
 community                365.0K  262.4K/s 00:00:01 [##] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
:: Replace devicekit-disks with extra/udisks? [Y/n] 
:: Replace devicekit-power with extra/upower? [Y/n] 
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
:: nautilus conflicts with nautilus-elementary. Remove nautilus-elementary? [Y/n] 

Remove (3): devicekit-disks-009-5  devicekit-power-013-1  nautilus-elementary-31-1  

Total Removed Size:   19.00 MB

Targets (131): [Big package list redacted]

Total Download Size:    0.95 MB
Total Installed Size:   1081.03 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 
:: Retrieving packages from extra...
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mirrors.kernel.org : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mirrors.kernel.org : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mirrors.portafixe.com : No address record
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mirrors.portafixe.com : No address record
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.twilightlair.net : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.cs.vt.edu : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.cs.vt.edu : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mirrors.easynews.com : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mirrors.easynews.com : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from ftp.archlinux.org : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mirrors.gigenet.com : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from www.gtlib.gatech.edu : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mirrors.hosef.org : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mirrors.hosef.org : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from ibiblio.org : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from distro.ibiblio.org : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from archlinux.linuxfreedom.com : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from locke.suu.edu : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from lug.mtu.edu : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from lug.mtu.edu : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mirrors.xmission.com : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mirrors.xmission.com : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.rit.edu : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.rit.edu : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from schlunix.org : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from archlinux.umflint.edu : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'metacity-2.30.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.umoss.org : Not Found
warning: failed to retrieve some files from extra
error: failed to commit transaction (Not Found)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

I have searched in the mailing lists, looked at the IRC channel (and asked), tried to find an IRC channel log (which seems to not exist) and did some search here.

The only almost relevant result is this page:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=733598
Found by this search:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=U … acity+2.30

This search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe … =&gs_rfai=
Gives me only the frontpage.

I don't know what is going on, but either I am terribly unlucky and I tried to upgrade before an announcement was made, or I am the only one needing the metacity package (well, not really, but it is needed by compiz-decorator-gtk).

The mirrors.kernel.org mirror has those packages in extra:

metacity-2.28.0-2-i686.pkg.tar.gz
metacity-2.28.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz

And no metacity in gnome-unstable.

I was not using gnome-unstable and am not currently using it.

If there are other details you might need, just ask, I don't know what could be useful.

Last edited by samueldr (2010-04-01 01:23:45)

Pierre · 2010-04-01 00:42:05

I removed that package. Metacity just sucks. Use KWin instead. It also supports opengl and fancy 3D effects.

samueldr · 2010-04-01 01:23:25

This is kind of solved:
locke.suu.edu finally has the package. (maybe other mirrors too, but this was the first one to have it in my list).

machoo02 · 2010-04-01 02:10:59

the kernel.org mirror also seems to have it as well.

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#1 2010-04-01 00:32:27

[SOLVED] Gnome's 2.30 update woes (or: metacity 2.30 is 404 not found)

#2 2010-04-01 00:42:05

Re: [SOLVED] Gnome's 2.30 update woes (or: metacity 2.30 is 404 not found)

#3 2010-04-01 01:23:25

Re: [SOLVED] Gnome's 2.30 update woes (or: metacity 2.30 is 404 not found)

#4 2010-04-01 02:10:59

Re: [SOLVED] Gnome's 2.30 update woes (or: metacity 2.30 is 404 not found)

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