Re: 404s on update/install

2001-11-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 02:12:45PM -0600, Donald R. Spoon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Noah Meyerhans wrote: > > > > --snip-- < > > This is occurring because you're trying to update your system while the > > mirror is itself updating its archive. > > > > In the Debian mirroring scheme, Packages

Re: 404s on update/install

2001-11-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 12:10:27PM -0800, Brian Nelson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Craig Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Noah Meyerhans wrote: > > > > > This is occurring because you're trying to update your system while the > > > mirror is itself updating its archive. > > > > > > In

Re: 404s on update/install

2001-11-16 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 02:12:45PM -0600, Donald R. Spoon wrote: > Is there any way to determine this situation "up-front" in the process? > The reason I ask is that I have about 5 computers I am trying to keep > updated here. Doing each one manually each day coupled with the > "re-trys" is getti

Re: 404s on update/install

2001-11-16 Thread Brian Nelson
"Donald R. Spoon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The reason I ask is that I have about 5 computers I am trying to keep > updated here. Doing each one manually each day coupled with the > "re-trys" is getting to be quite a PITA. It is a good thing I am > retired, but the wife is getting a little p

Re: 404s on update/install

2001-11-16 Thread Craig Dickson
Brian Nelson wrote: > If the packages are 404, the older Packages.gz list won't be valid > either. Ah, yes, because the old packages are being deleted as the new ones are copied in. And due to disk space limitations, it might not be possible to have both yesterday's and today's packages online at

Re: 404s on update/install

2001-11-16 Thread Donald R. Spoon
Noah Meyerhans wrote: > > --snip-- < > This is occurring because you're trying to update your system while the > mirror is itself updating its archive. > > In the Debian mirroring scheme, Packages files often end up being > updated before the actual package files. So it's not uncommon for a > Pa

Re: 404s on update/install

2001-11-16 Thread Brian Nelson
Craig Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Noah Meyerhans wrote: > > > This is occurring because you're trying to update your system while the > > mirror is itself updating its archive. > > > > In the Debian mirroring scheme, Packages files often end up being > > updated before the actual packa

Re: 404s on update/install

2001-11-16 Thread Craig Dickson
Noah Meyerhans wrote: > This is occurring because you're trying to update your system while the > mirror is itself updating its archive. > > In the Debian mirroring scheme, Packages files often end up being > updated before the actual package files. So it's not uncommon for a > Packages file to

Re: 404s on update/install

2001-11-16 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 10:53:30AM -0600, Donald R. Spoon wrote: > "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. > >---snip---< > > I have been noticing this too over the last 2-3 weeks.

Re: 404s on update/install

2001-11-16 Thread Donald R. Spoon
"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. >---snip---< I have been noticing this too over the last 2-3 weeks. It started about the time I started using the "preferences" file in apt-get t