Pacman gets stuck Synchronizing package databases

Question

Today, I tried to run a normal pacman -Syu to update my system, and I found it hanging at the "Sychronizing packacge databases" step. I can still install and remove packages, but I seem not to be able to resynch my database. Here's the output from pacman -Sy --debug, up to where it stops at.
sunshine% sudo pacman -Sy --debug
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.conf
debug: config: new section 'options'
debug: config: HoldPkg: pacman
debug: config: HoldPkg: glibc
debug: config: SyncFirst: pacman
debug: config: Architecture: x86_64
debug: config: new section 'core'
debug: registering sync database 'core'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 65: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/archlinux/core/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/archlinux/core/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': http://mirrors1.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': http://mirrors2.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64
debug: setlibpaths() called
debug: option 'cachedir' = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: new section 'extra'
debug: registering sync database 'extra'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 68: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': http://mirrors1.kernel.org/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': http://mirrors2.kernel.org/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: new section 'multilib'
debug: registering sync database 'multilib'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 71: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: adding new server URL to database 'multilib': ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/archlinux/multilib/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'multilib': http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/archlinux/multilib/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'multilib': http://mirrors1.kernel.org/archlinux/multilib/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'multilib': http://mirrors2.kernel.org/archlinux/multilib/os/x86_64
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: new section 'archlinuxfr'
debug: registering sync database 'archlinuxfr'
debug: adding new server URL to database 'archlinuxfr': http://repo.archlinux.fr/x86_64
debug: config: new section 'community'
debug: registering sync database 'community'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 80: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/archlinux/community/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/archlinux/community/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': http://mirrors1.kernel.org/archlinux/community/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': http://mirrors2.kernel.org/archlinux/community/os/x86_64
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.conf
:: Synchronizing package databases...
debug: database path for tree local set to /var/lib/pacman/local/
debug: local database version 2
debug: destfile found, using mtime only
debug: using 'core.db' for download progress
debug: HTTP_PROXY: (null)
debug: http_proxy: (null)
debug: FTP_PROXY: (null)
debug: ftp_proxy: (null)
I've made sure that I have uncommented mirrors and the like-- all these things worked just fine the last time I ran -Syu, a couple days ago.  I've changed no proxy settings in the meantime, so I don't see how that can be the issue.
Any ideas?
Below is my pacman.conf
# /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 - -f %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
#CheckSpace
# 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 $arch replaced by the name of the architecture
# Repository entries are of the format:
# [repo-name]
# Server = ServerName
# Include = IncludePath
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.
#[testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[core]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[extra]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[archlinuxfr]
Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/$arch
#[community-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[community]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
# If you want to run 32 bit applications on your x86_64 system,
# enable the multilib repositories as required here.
#[multilib-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
#[multilib]
#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

Answer 1

Thanks, that did it. I'm used to getting some sort of message when the mirror doesn't work. How come that didn't happen?