Phil Mullane said:
> Hi
>
> I'm having a problem with my mirror-list for apt.
I'm at work and can't look at the mirror-select stuff, but here are some tips
that
may help.
> I recently updated the list and I am having a problem with not being
> able to connect with one of the mirrors. The site is located at
> 217.29.50.3 and apt get update "hangs" on that mirror. I can't get
> through when I add that to the address space on the browser so I think
> the problem is on that end and not in my config.
This happens sometimes. And it's not unlikely that the people running the
mirror
already know about the problem. Sometimes you just need to give the DNS caches
time
to update to the newer IP address of the server.
> When I run "apt-get update", it tries repeatedly and unsuccessfully to
> get through. Finally it quits and doesn't update. When I open the file
> it says "# DO NOT EDIT ME! Use "apt-get mirror-select" instead."
> Well, I can't do "apt-get mirror-select" because it hangs on the
> mirror that I can't get through to.
I'm not at all sure what file you mean, here. I edit my /etc/apt/sources.list
file
as needed to select what site to download from. You may find success by
modifying
that file, just don't forget to back it up before modifying it.
> So I am stuck between not being able to edit the list to get rid of the
> problem mirror and I can't run "update" because of the problem mirror.
Many config files contain warnings against manual editing. Often this isn't
because
editing the file ruins it, but because debconf will overwrite your changes
anyway
and you'll lose all your configuration work. In such a case, there is usually a
place for the root user to store configuration parameters that debconf will
respect
and leave intact. Some of these are in /etc/defaults/
Hope that helps get you going again.
Wade Curry
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