On 14/04/09 22:40, Onkar Shinde wrote: > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Onno Benschop <o...@itmaze.com.au> wrote: > >> Today I finally got to the bottom of why apt-get/aptitude update was >> failing. The owner of an Australian mirror has moved the files to a >> different server. >> >> Apart from updating the sources.list, and updating the bug that supplied the >> URL to the mirror in the first place, apt-get doesn't appear to be following >> a 302 redirect. >> > > Is it really a 302 redirect? Typing > http://mirror.gamearena.com.au/ubuntu/ in browser it looks like > meta-refresh based redirect. > When I do an apt-get update the error returned is "302 Found" - going to the URL in a web-browser was what brought the understanding that there was something else going on - and I saw the meta redirect there too.
I just did another test, if I visit: http://mirror.gamearena.com.au/ubuntu/dists/intrepid-security/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz That redirects with a "302 Found" to: http://mirror.gamearena.com.au/ Which has the meta redirect on it. Seems that the mirror itself is just redirecting everything to the same URL, rather than to the new location as a 302 indicates. Perhaps a "404 Not Found" would be more appropriate? > >> Is this expected, normal behaviour, or am I seeing something unusual? >> >> Is there anything that the mirror operator has neglected to do, or something >> else? >> >> The ISP is Australia's largest, Telstra BigPond: >> >> The original mirror (203.46.104.10) was: >> >> http://mirror.gamearena.com.au/ubuntu/ >> >> The new mirror (203.46.104.19) is now: >> >> http://mirror.files.bigpond.com/ubuntu/ >> > > The mirror (old or new) is not listed in the official list on page - > https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archivemirrors > From where did you come to know about the mirror? > The mirror has been around for a while and references to it are found in various Australian forums, most notably, whirlpool. I've just posted a message to the Bigpond and Linux/BSD forums there to advise users that this mirror has changed. As for an official status, I had added it to a similar request for a NZ mirror to be added. I've just updated that to reflect the new location of the mirror. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-apt/+bug/139768 Thanks for the link to the list of mirrors. I was unaware of the mechanism of registering an official mirror and today I will contact Telstra Bigpond and see if I am able to talk to the group responsible for the mirror to see if they would like to be registered as an Australian mirror. -- Onno Benschop Connected via Bigpond NextG at S31°54'06" - E115°50'39" (Yokine, WA) -- ()/)/)() ..ASCII for Onno.. |>>? ..EBCDIC for Onno.. --- -. -. --- ..Morse for Onno.. ITmaze - ABN: 56 178 057 063 - ph: 04 1219 8888 - o...@itmaze.com.au
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