I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 14 Apr 2011, at 19:09, Vish <646...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
> ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts > Status: Confirmed => Triaged > > ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Low > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a member of > Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/646834 > > Title: > APT gives unclear error message: "something wicked happened" when > hostname of archive cannot be found > > Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: > Triaged > Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu: > Triaged > > Bug description: > When something wicked happens when trying to download packages, this > is the error message one gets: > > "something wicked happened resolving 'dk.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 > - No address associated with hostname)" > > This error message does not say anything about whether the error is > local (ie. something the user has any chance to do anything about) or > related to other things (is the host server down? Or is the DNS- > server > failing to do its deed?) > > Generally, the text isn't very newbie friendly -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/646834 Title: APT gives unclear error message: "something wicked happened" when hostname of archive cannot be found To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/646834/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
