Craig Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > I'm getting problems with 404 codes on apt-get dist-upgrade or install > > attempts, in particular, from http.us.debian.org. > > I've seen that occasionally, but usually if I try again after an hour, > everything's fine. The only exception to that was Wednesday evening this > week, where the 404's persisted. I took Mozilla and went to look at a > directory listing of the site, and indeed, the files that the package > listed claimed were available simply weren't there. > > Thursday evening, all went well. I'm surprised you're having this > problem late Thursday night, assuming that you sent your mail after > verifying that the problem was still present. > > As to what causes this, I have no idea, but I think it could be > prevented if the mirroring system made sure that the actual package tree > was updated before the package list.
Word on the devel list was that the ftp-master (auric) went down in the middle of a sync, and hence the inconsistencies. Should be fixed by now. -- Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
