#1 2015-11-04 10:56:55

iMBeCil

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From: Edrychwch o'ch cwmpas

Registered: 2015-09-29

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Problems with debian repos (Nov 2015)? [Resolved]

I'm using sid, and have problems with apt-get update, now for several days (4 or 5 days):

$ sudo apt-get update
...<snip>...
Get:33 http://ftp.us.debian.org sid/main 2015-11-04-0839.54.pdiff [142 B]
Get:34 http://ftp.us.debian.org sid/main 2015-11-04-0839.54.pdiff [142 B]
Fetched 420 kB in 6s (69.6 kB/s)                                               
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/binary-amd64/PackagesIndex  Hash Sum mismatch

W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/i18n/Translation-enIndex  Hash Sum mismatch

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

Am I doing something wrong? Has anyone expirienced such problem on sid, for such a long time? Something has changed on debian repos?

No pinning and my sources.list:

$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free contrib

Apt seems to be configured properly. For example:

$ apt-cache policy bash
bash:
  Installed: 4.3-14
  Candidate: 4.3-14
  Version table:
 *** 4.3-14 0
        500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Last edited by iMBeCil (2015-11-04 14:04:42)

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Re: Problems with debian repos (Nov 2015)? [Resolved]

Sure, how long was the GCC 5 transition, a couple of weeks?

That said, when I've seen those hashsum mismatch errors before it's been because of server system maintenance and it works again in a few hours. Also, I use the same mirror and just temporarily switched my version to sid and apt-get upgrade produced no warnings, but that's for i386.

First thing I'd try is switching to a different mirror (are you even in the U.S.? ), then you'll know if it's a server issue or something mis-configured on your end.

If you run sid, I recommend keeping an eye on the Upgrade Warnings threads at siduction.org and linuxbbq.org.

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From: Edrychwch o'ch cwmpas

Registered: 2015-09-29

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Re: Problems with debian repos (Nov 2015)? [Resolved]

hhh, thanks for the answer, for links, and soothing words 

Yes, I'm aware of occasional glitches in repos (especially for sid) ... during gcc5 'upgrade' I waited for several weeks (even months?) before situation settled ... but errors such as 'Hash Sum mismatch' are usually fixed within hours. That's why I asked 'WTF?'.

I switched to my local mirror (debian.carnet.hr) and 'update' works as expected. So, there is something wrong with 'debian.us'. Strange. One would think that 'debian.us' would be considered as the most accurate one.

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Re: Problems with debian repos (Nov 2015)? [Resolved]

One would think that 'debian.us' would be considered as the most accurate one.

This is why I usually (and recommend that others) go with ftp.debian.org; it still occasionally gets the Hash Sum mismatch error, but if I try again moments later it will usually have success with a different mirror.

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Re: Problems with debian repos (Nov 2015)? [Resolved]

http://httpredir.debian.org/

EDIT: This is the replacement for ftp.debian.org

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2015-11-04 21:07:14)

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