Re: Cannot update from www.mirror.ac.uk

From: Marty (martyb_at_ix.netcom.com)
Date: 05/23/05

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    Rich Stanton wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > I run sarge and usually update my debian systems from www.mirror.ac.uk
    > because it gives the best speeds of all I've tried. However recently
    > I've been unable to grab certain updates - apt-get update works fine,
    > the package lists are downloaded fine. However when I run apt-get
    > dist-upgrade loads of packages tell me they couldn't be opened - eg:
    >
    > Failed to fetch
    > ftp://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/u/uw-imap/uw-imapd_2002edebian1-11_powerpc.deb
    > Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file. '
    >
    > When I manually browse the archive, the file geniunely doesn't exist -
    > the nearest one is uw-imapd_2002edebian1-9_powerpc.deb. So why is my
    > system looking for a file that doesn't exist, and how do I fix it?
    >
    > Thanks!
    >
    >

    Are you observing the "Archive_Maintenance_In_Progress" file? I've never
    experienced an out-of-sync archive, but I've always assumed that the purpose
    of this file is to warn users of that condition. 

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