Bug#821334: approx: 'apt-get update' yields 'Err http://approx wheezy-updates/main amd64 Packages'

2016-04-19 Thread Eric Cooper
On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 09:18:51PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > Please leave the bug report open. Will do. > Perhaps if Approx saved the IP address after the first name lookup and used > that for all transfers, Approx would be more reliable (?). Yes, that's been on my TODO list for a

Bug#821334: approx: 'apt-get update' yields 'Err http://approx wheezy-updates/main amd64 Packages'

2016-04-18 Thread David Christensen
On 04/18/2016 07:14 AM, Eric Cooper wrote: I'm not sure, but due to the way mirrors work, it's often difficult to reproduce some problems, and they often just "go away" when you retry. For example, the ftp.us.debian.org mirror is actually round-robined among multiple sites. A longstanding

Bug#821334: approx: 'apt-get update' yields 'Err http://approx wheezy-updates/main amd64 Packages'

2016-04-18 Thread Eric Cooper
On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 08:51:27PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > I didn't notice until after upgrading that 'apt-get update' and Approx > appeared to worked correctly prior to upgrading (?). Any ideas? I'm not sure, but due to the way mirrors work, it's often difficult to reproduce some

Bug#821334: approx: 'apt-get update' yields 'Err http://approx wheezy-updates/main amd64 Packages'

2016-04-17 Thread David Christensen
On 04/17/2016 04:28 PM, Eric Cooper wrote: Sorry, I should have noticed sooner that you're running the version from wheezy. Can you try installing the version from wheezy-backports: https://packages.debian.org/wheezy-backports/approx and see if that works better? Okay -- I upgraded Approx

Bug#821334: approx: 'apt-get update' yields 'Err http://approx wheezy-updates/main amd64 Packages'

2016-04-17 Thread Eric Cooper
Sorry, I should have noticed sooner that you're running the version from wheezy. Can you try installing the version from wheezy-backports: https://packages.debian.org/wheezy-backports/approx and see if that works better? -- Eric Cooper e c c @ c m u . e d u

Bug#821334: approx: 'apt-get update' yields 'Err http://approx wheezy-updates/main amd64 Packages'

2016-04-17 Thread David Christensen
On 04/17/2016 01:51 PM, Eric Cooper wrote: Can you please enable debugging for the approx server (add a "$debug true" line to /etc/approx/approx.conf), and then send me the relevant part of the log (in /var/log/daemon.log for example) when this error occurs. Thanks. Thanks for the prompt

Bug#821334: approx: 'apt-get update' yields 'Err http://approx wheezy-updates/main amd64 Packages'

2016-04-17 Thread Eric Cooper
Can you please enable debugging for the approx server (add a "$debug true" line to /etc/approx/approx.conf), and then send me the relevant part of the log (in /var/log/daemon.log for example) when this error occurs. Thanks. -- Eric Cooper e c c @ c m u . e d u

Bug#821334: approx: 'apt-get update' yields 'Err http://approx wheezy-updates/main amd64 Packages'

2016-04-17 Thread David Christensen
Package: approx Version: 5.3-1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, Apt and/or Approx are having trouble fetching packages for 'wheezy-updates'. Without Approx, Apt is happy: # cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian wheezy main deb-src