On 9/12/05, Henrik Frisk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Alexander K. Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Can you provide at least a few examples of the "many" packages
> > (meaning give an example of an attempt to download, showing the URL
> > used, not just the package name)?
> 
> Here's another one:
> curl -f -L -O http://distfiles.arn.se.eu.finkmirrors.net/portaudio_v18_1.zip
>   % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  
> Current
>                                  Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
>   0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
> curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 403
> ### execution of curl failed, exit code 22
> Downloading the file "portaudio_v18_1.zip" failed.
> (1)     Give up
> (2)     Retry the same mirror
> (3)     Retry another mirror from your continent
> (4)     Retry another mirror
> 
> How do you want to proceed? [3]
> curl -f -L -O http://distfiles.rjk.hr.eu.finkmirrors.net/portaudio_v18_1.zip
>   % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  
> Current
>                                  Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
>   0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
> curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404
> ### execution of curl failed, exit code 22
> Downloading the file "portaudio_v18_1.zip" failed.
> (1)     Give up
> (2)     Retry the same mirror
> (3)     Retry another mirror from your continent
> (4)     Retry another mirror
> 
> How do you want to proceed? [3]
> curl -f -L -O http://distfiles.bru.be.eu.finkmirrors.net/portaudio_v18_1.zip
>   % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  
> Current
>                                  Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
> 100  537k  100  537k    0     0   641k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  852k
> 

The "distfiles" mirrors are guaranteed to fail for a while when new
sources are added to the distribution--either new versions of existing
packages, new packages, additional sources for docs, what have you. 
There's a FAQ on this.

http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/comp-general.php?phpLang=en#master-problems

-- 
Alexander K. Hansen
Fink Documenter
[Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment
http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/


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