[SOLVED] Testing (chimaera) Repo Issue

Nili · 2020-10-27 08:36:47

Hello! For two months i haven't any issues with "deb.devuan.org" on my sourcelist.

Yesterday i noticed an anomaly that it fixed itself but, This morning it appeared again.

Here it is:

root@tokia:/home/nili# apt-get update
Get:1 http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera InRelease [26.2 kB]
Get:2 http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera/main amd64 Packages [7,917 kB]
Err:2 http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera/main amd64 Packages
  File has unexpected size (7924468 != 7917380). Mirror sync in progress? [IP: 46.4.50.2 80]
  Hashes of expected file:
   - Filesize:7917380 [weak]
   - SHA256:dfcc42b1099871e0722a7b11cce96e2a72c5e3358abb3e6838f0546a92e2af8f
  Release file created at: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 07:20:07 +0000
Fetched 26.2 kB in 1s (33.0 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
E: Failed to fetch http://deb.devuan.org/merged/dists/chimaera/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz  File has unexpected size (7924468 != 7917380). Mirror sync in progress? [IP: 46.4.50.2 80]
   Hashes of expected file:
    - Filesize:7917380 [weak]
    - SHA256:dfcc42b1099871e0722a7b11cce96e2a72c5e3358abb3e6838f0546a92e2af8f
   Release file created at: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 07:20:07 +0000
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
root@tokia:/home/nili#

I'm using this source list

✓ nili@ ~ $ list
# Installed Date 13-08-2020 (stable)
# Upgraded Testing Date 20-08-2020 (chimaera)
# deb cdrom:[Devuan GNU/Linux 3.0 (beowulf) amd64 - netinstall 20200526]/ beowulf contrib main non-free

deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera main non-free contrib
✓ nili@ ~ $

I only have a single line because i'm on testing. This line worked very well for two months and a half, Managed to stay on testing without concerns, as i said just yesterday i noted first repo error. As i look at it, alternative mirror lines it is suggested, so i ended up here
http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/mirror_list.txt

I haven't made any changes yet, what do you advise for this case? just to wait to settle itself or to change the list from one of the mirrors?

OS info:

Devuan GNU/Linux 4 (chimaera/ceres)
Linux tokia 5.9.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.9.1-1 (2020-10-17) x86_64 GNU/Linux
ii  linux-image-5.9.0-1-amd64      5.9.1-1                         amd64        Linux 5.9 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
ii  linux-image-amd64              5.9.1-1                         amd64        Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package)

P.S. I took promptly a look at the forum search, but did not find any similar current (testing-repo) concerns.

Thanks for any advice
BR!

Edit: Marked as SOLVED with below tips.

Last edited by Nili (2020-10-27 12:49:27)

fsmithred · 2020-10-27 11:06:25

Sometimes mirrors fail because they are in the process of updating. The solution, as you discovered, is to try again later.

You can check the status of the mirrors here: https://borta.devuan.dev/apt-panopticon … t-web.html

The far right column will tell if it's not finished updating. The column that tells how often the mirror updates might not be accurate.

Nili · 2020-10-27 12:48:01

@fsmithred thanks for your tips, I did not know about borta.devuan.dev that page looks so helpful bookmarked!

Currently "deb.devuan.org" is goin fine, just did the next update on testing. I will consider waiting a little longer also by monitoring apt-panopticon link.

Thanks again.

This is SOLVED!

BR!
Nili

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#1 2020-10-27 08:36:47

[SOLVED] Testing (chimaera) Repo Issue

#2 2020-10-27 11:06:25

Re: [SOLVED] Testing (chimaera) Repo Issue

#3 2020-10-27 12:48:01

Re: [SOLVED] Testing (chimaera) Repo Issue

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