On Fri, 2001-11-16 at 22:31, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 11:05:41AM -0800, Brian Nelson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > Craig Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > > > > > I'm getting problems with 404 codes on apt-get dist-upgrade or install > > > > attempts, in particular, from http.us.debian.org. > > > > > > I've seen that occasionally, but usually if I try again after an hour, > > > everything's fine. The only exception to that was Wednesday evening this > > > week, where the 404's persisted. I took Mozilla and went to look at a > > > directory listing of the site, and indeed, the files that the package > > > listed claimed were available simply weren't there. > > > > > > Thursday evening, all went well. I'm surprised you're having this > > > problem late Thursday night, assuming that you sent your mail after > > > verifying that the problem was still present. > > > > > > As to what causes this, I have no idea, but I think it could be > > > prevented if the mirroring system made sure that the actual package tree > > > was updated before the package list. > > > > Word on the devel list was that the ftp-master (auric) went down in > > the middle of a sync, and hence the inconsistencies. Should be fixed > > by now. > > Hmm... > > Any discussion on making syncs atomic, so that until a the update's > completed, the old packages are available, and the old package files are > authoritative?
Since new packages won't confuse apt-get why not just make sure that the package files get transferred to the mirrors last? This should solve the problem simply and easily unless I'm missing something very obvious. --mike
