Cannot sync pacman; error: failed retrieving file, No address record

Question

Hello,
As a heads up, I'm trying not to repost
I've searched the forums but found nothing, I'll keep looking. I've read the front page news about the mirrorlist and tried using the old mirrorlist file. I've been on #archlinux on IRC. Nothing yet.
Here is an example of what I see:
root@dungeon pacman.d # pacman -Sy
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from ftp.archlinux.org : No address record
error: failed to update core (No address record)
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db.tar.gz' from ftp.archlinux.org : No address record
error: failed to update extra (No address record)
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db.tar.gz' from ftp.archlinux.org : No address record
error: failed to update community (No address record)
error: failed to synchronize any databases
I've commented out all but one of the servers in the mirrorlost file to shorten the output.
Any ideas?

Answer 1

Snowman wrote:You are trying to fetch non-official dbs which are not on the Arch Linux  mirrors. Are you using Chakra?  Post your pacman.conf
no I am using normal Arch, and it was working fine until i updated on tuseday. I am using "yaourt -Syu --aur" to update.
My actual pacman.conf is (changed automaticly to this within unsuccesfull update yesterday):
# /etc/pacman.conf
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives
# GENERAL OPTIONS
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir = /
#DBPath = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile = /var/log/pacman.log
HoldPkg = pacman glibc
# If upgrades are available for these packages they will be asked for first
SyncFirst = pacman
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -C - %u > %o
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
Architecture = auto
# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
#IgnorePkg =
#IgnoreGroup =
#NoUpgrade =
#NoExtract =
# Misc options (all disabled by default)
#UseSyslog
#ShowSize
#UseDelta
#TotalDownload
# REPOSITORIES
# - can be defined here or included from another file
# - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
# - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
# - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
# have identical names, regardless of version number
# - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
# - URLs will have $arch replaced by the name of the architecture
# Repository entries are of the format:
# [repo-name]
# Server = ServerName
# Include = IncludePath
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.
[core-testing]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[desktop]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
#[desktop-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[platform-testing]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[apps]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
#[apps-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
# An example of a custom package repository. See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs
NOW I tried the saved pacman.conf (wich worked fine for months) wich is like this
# /etc/pacman.conf
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives
# GENERAL OPTIONS
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir = /
#DBPath = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile = /var/log/pacman.log
HoldPkg = pacman glibc
# If upgrades are available for these packages they will be asked for first
SyncFirst = pacman
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl %u > %o
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
#IgnorePkg =
#IgnoreGroup =
#NoUpgrade =
#NoExtract =
# Misc options (all disabled by default)
#UseSyslog
#ShowSize
#UseDelta
#TotalDownload
# REPOSITORIES
# - can be defined here or included from another file
# - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
# - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
# - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
# have identical names, regardless of version number
# - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
# Repository entries are of the format:
# [repo-name]
# Server = ServerName
# Include = IncludePath
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.
#[testing]
## Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[core]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[extra]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
#[community-testing]
## Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[community]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
# An example of a custom package repository. See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs
#ArchAudio
# tried and tested packages
[archaudio-stable]
Server = http://repos.archaudio.org/stable/x86_64
#ArchAudio
# these are..for testing?
[archaudio-testing]
Server = http://repos.archaudio.org/testing/x86_64
#ArchAudio
# for your pleasure
[archaudio-experimental]
Server = http://repos.archaudio.org/experimental/x86_64
and tried to update with it using pacman, wich doesn't succed also:
[studio@myhost ~]$ sudo pacman -Syu
Senha:
erro: O mirror ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch contém a variável $arch, mas não possui arquitetura definida.
erro: O mirror ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch contém a variável $arch, mas não possui arquitetura definida.
erro: O mirror ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch contém a variável $arch, mas não possui arquitetura definida.
:: Sincronizando a base de dados de pacotes...
erro: falha ao atualizar core (nenhum servidor configurado para o repositório)
erro: falha ao atualizar extra (nenhum servidor configurado para o repositório)
erro: falha ao atualizar community (nenhum servidor configurado para o repositório)
archaudio-stable está atualizado
archaudio-testing está atualizado
archaudio-experimental está atualizado
:: Iniciando atualização do sistema...
atenção: bristol: local (0.60.5-1) é mais novo que archaudio-testing (0.40.8-1)
atenção: fil-plugins: local (0.3.0-4) é mais novo que archaudio-testing (0.3.0-3)
atenção: guitarix: local (0.11.0-1) é mais novo que archaudio-testing (0.06.0-1)
atenção: kernel26rt: local (2.6.33.7_rt29-1) é mais novo que archaudio-stable (2.6.31_rt10-4)
atenção: lash: local (0.6.0~rc2-3) é mais novo que archaudio-testing (0.6.0~rc2-1)
atenção: ll-plugins: local (0.2.1-4) é mais novo que archaudio-testing (0.2.1-3)
atenção: lv2-c++-tools: local (1.0.3-1) é mais novo que archaudio-testing (1.0.2-1)
atenção: lv2vocoder: local (1-4) é mais novo que archaudio-testing (1-3)
atenção: rakarrack: local (0.5.8-1) é mais novo que archaudio-testing (0.4.2-1)
atenção: rev-plugins: local (0.3.1-3) é mais novo que archaudio-testing (0.3.1-2)
atenção: swh-lv2: local (1.0.15-3) é mais novo que archaudio-testing (1.0.15-2)
não há nada a fazer
[studio@myhost ~]$
!!!all messages are in portuguese but I think it is possible to understand them, if not i will translate
EDIT:
OK, I undestand the last problem and I changed my mirrolist from
# 2010-08-11 23:15
# generated by reflector
# ranked by rankmirrors
Server = ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://archlinux.limun.org/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
to
# 2010-08-11 23:15
# generated by reflector
# ranked by rankmirrors
Server = ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = http://archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = http://archlinux.limun.org/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
Server = http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
and now it's working again
but I don't understand how this all happened
AND: how can I force reflector to output a correct mirrorlist for 64bit?
Last edited by capoeira (2010-08-12 15:18:15)