monipol wrote:
> On 14/08/2009, at 02:07, Felix Frolow wrote:
> (snip)
>   
>> and later:
>>
>> Failed to fetch 
>> http://msn.wi.us.finkmirrors.net/mirrors/fink/finkbindist/bindist/dists/10.5/release/main/binary-darwin-i386/Packages
>>   404 Not Found
>> Failed to fetch 
>> http://msn.wi.us.finkmirrors.net/mirrors/fink/finkbindist/bindist/dists/10.5/release/crypto/binary-darwin-i386/Packages
>>   404 Not Found
>> Failed to fetch 
>> http://msn.wi.us.finkmirrors.net/mirrors/fink/finkbindist/bindist/dists/10.5/current/main/binary-darwin-i386/Packages
>>   404 Not Found
>> Failed to fetch 
>> http://msn.wi.us.finkmirrors.net/mirrors/fink/finkbindist/bindist/dists/10.5/current/crypto/binary-darwin-i386/Packages
>>   404 Not Found
>>
>> Choosing another site
>> rsync -az -q  rsync://sjc.ca.us.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo//TIMESTAMP /
>> sw/fink/TIMESTAMP.tmp
>> is picked, but still http://msn.wi.us.finkmirrors.net Not found
>> is announced several times
>> How dangerous it is? Is this my site problem (changes in firewall)  
>> or http://msn.wi.us
>>  is down?
>>     
>
>
> As Martin Costabel has explained in a previous message it appears that  
> msn.wi.us.finkmirrors.net is not working at the moment. You've already  
> been able to use sjc.ca.us.finkmirrors.net to rsync the package  
> descriptions. The problem with those messages above is that Fink is  
> still trying to use the former mirror to download some indices of  
> *binary packages*. This is not dangerous; it only means that Fink  
> can't check if binary packages are available in the official binary  
> distribution.
>
> While we figure this out you may disable binary distributions  
> altogether by running
>
> fink configure
>
> and answering N to the question Should Fink try to download pre- 
> compiled packages from the binary distribution if available? [Y/n]
>
> The effect of disabling binary distributions is that Fink will always  
> build packages from source even if they're available in a binary  
> distribution. You can always re-enable that option later by running  
> fink configure again.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> monipol
> http://finkers.wordpress.com
>   
I believe we have alternate official binary repositories available, so 
I'd start with running "fink configure" and set a different apt mirror.

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