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VH

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Registered: 2018-07-31

Posts: 38  

[SOLVED] I cannot update Chimaera

I did an update: (this was around 2024-08-16 00:30AM)

admin1@mymachine:~$ sudo aptitude update 
Err http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera InRelease
  Temporary failure resolving 'deb.devuan.org'
Err http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-updates InRelease
  Temporary failure resolving 'deb.devuan.org'
Err http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-security InRelease
  Temporary failure resolving 'deb.devuan.org'
W: Failed to fetch http://deb.devuan.org/merged/dists/chimaera/InRelease: Temporary failure resolving 'deb.devuan.org'
W: Failed to fetch http://deb.devuan.org/merged/dists/chimaera-updates/InRelease: Temporary failure resolving 'deb.devuan.org'
W: Failed to fetch http://deb.devuan.org/merged/dists/chimaera-security/InRelease: Temporary failure resolving 'deb.devuan.org'
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

My sources.list is:

# deb cdrom:[Devuan GNU/Linux 4.0 chimaera amd64 - desktop 20211012]/ chimaera contrib main non-free
# deb cdrom:[Devuan GNU/Linux 4.0 chimaera amd64 - desktop 20211012]/ chimaera contrib main non-free

# deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera main non-free contrib
# deb-src http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera main non-free contrib

# deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-security main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-security main contrib non-free

# chimaera-updates, to get updates before a point release is made;
# see https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_updates_and_backports

# deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-updates main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-updates main contrib non-free

deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera          main
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-updates  main
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-security main

Also, a few days ago, I had firefox-esr and wpasupplicant upgrade using 'sudo aptitude safe-upgrade' and something strange happened.  I entered 'y' for upgrade and it said it was invalid response, the second time I entered 'y' everything worked fine. 

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks.

chris2be8

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Registered: 2018-08-11

Posts: 307  

Re: [SOLVED] I cannot update Chimaera

See https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=6781 which is probably the same issue.

VH

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Registered: 2018-07-31

Posts: 38  

Re: [SOLVED] I cannot update Chimaera

See https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=6781 which is probably the same issue.

So, what should I do?  Just wait?  I just tried to update and it didn't work. 

In that thread, you said,

Check your /etc/resolv.conf to see what nameserver(s) you are using. You could change which you use if that's the problem.

Also try host -v deb.devuan.org to get some more info.
And host deb.rr.devuan.org in case that works for some reason.

So I did "host -v deb.devuan.org" on terminal and here is the output. 

admin1@mymachine:~$ host -v deb.devuan.org
Trying "deb.devuan.org"
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 46397
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 22, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;deb.devuan.org.			IN	A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
deb.devuan.org.		1800	IN	CNAME	deb.rr.devuan.org.
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	A	94.16.114.15
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	A	185.236.240.103
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	A	106.178.112.231
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	A	5.161.180.234
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	A	67.219.104.166
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	A	185.38.15.84
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	A	185.183.113.131
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	A	131.188.12.211
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	A	147.78.194.22
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	A	195.85.215.180
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	A	103.146.168.12
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	A	95.216.15.86
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	A	200.236.31.1
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	A	46.4.50.2
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	A	130.225.254.116
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	A	141.84.43.19
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	A	190.64.49.124
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	A	160.16.137.156
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	A	185.178.192.43
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	A	198.58.118.8
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	A	125.228.189.120

Received 389 bytes from 192.168.0.1#53 in 500 ms
Trying "deb.rr.devuan.org"
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 12522
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 17, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;deb.rr.devuan.org.		IN	AAAA

;; ANSWER SECTION:
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	AAAA	2001:e42:102:1704:160:16:137:156
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	AAAA	2a03:4000:28:24c::
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	AAAA	2a0d:eb00:8006::acab
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	AAAA	240b:10:f00:1b00::240
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	AAAA	2a01:4ff:f0:dd3a::1
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	AAAA	2401:c080:2000:229e:4b70:fe82:36ed:f788
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	AAAA	2a02:2a38:1:400:2a42:2a42:2a42:2a42
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	AAAA	2001:638:a000:1021:21::1
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	AAAA	2a0a:e5c0:10:3::6eeb
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	AAAA	2a01:9e40::180
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	AAAA	2407:b6c0::12
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	AAAA	2a01:4f9:2a:fa9::2
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	AAAA	2801:82:80ff:8000::2
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	AAAA	2a01:4f8:140:1102:2b76:955d:b48f:bdf3
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	AAAA	2001:878:346::116
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	AAAA	2001:4ca0:4300::1:19
deb.rr.devuan.org.	1800	IN	AAAA	2800:a8:c001::a

Received 511 bytes from 192.168.0.1#53 in 608 ms
Trying "deb.rr.devuan.org"
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 42644
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;deb.rr.devuan.org.		IN	MX

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
rr.devuan.org.		1800	IN	SOA	ns2.devuan.dev. hostmaster.devuan.org. 2024081401 1800 1800 691200 1800

Received 96 bytes from 192.168.0.1#53 in 232 ms

However, I don't know how to interpret this.  Also, what should I do with resolv.conf in /etc/ ? 

Thanks.

Last edited by VH (2024-08-16 19:48:19)

chris2be8

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Registered: 2018-08-11

Posts: 307  

Re: [SOLVED] I cannot update Chimaera

Have another look at that thread.

If host deb.devuan.org works try ping deb.devuan.org
If ping fails try ping deb.rr.devuan.org (a long shot but worth trying).
If that also fails try pinging each of the IP addresses returned by host deb.devuan.org in turn. If one gets a response run host address eg:

chris@rigel:~/bin$ host 185.38.15.84
84.15.38.185.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer sledjhamr.org.

Then *temporarily* put the name returned into your sources.list (take it out again once the issue is fixed) and try apt update

Or post in the other thread to see if anyone else can help. It might be your ISP has messed up so post what ISP you use and which country you are in.

VH

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Registered: 2018-07-31

Posts: 38  

Re: [SOLVED] I cannot update Chimaera

This morning, it updated.  So the problem seems to be gone for now.  I will see if this problem comes back. 

@chris2be8, thank you for your help.

chris2be8

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Registered: 2018-08-11

Posts: 307  

Re: [SOLVED] I cannot update Chimaera

In case someone else gets something like this:
First try host deb.devuan.org
If it works try ping deb.devuan.org
If that also works try apt update again. It might have been a temporary glitch.
If something fails refer to my last post.

I've spent so much time chasing problems as a system adminstrator it's hard to remember what it's like for a newbie.