I've removed my IP from the traceroute, I hope that isn't a problem. Note that I get the same if I remove the -f -a amd64.
root@debeeeII:~# netselect-apt testing -f -a amd64 -o sources.list.new Using distribution testing. Retrieving the list of mirrors from www.debian.org... --2011-03-18 21:47:38-- http://www.debian.org/mirror/mirrors_full Resolving www.debian.org... 86.59.118.148, 82.195.75.97, 2001:41b8:202:deb:216:35ff:fec4:6340, ... Connecting to www.debian.org|86.59.118.148|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 292039 (285K) [text/html] Saving to: `/tmp/netselect-apt.LVPLtx' 100%[===================================================================================>] 292,039 564K/s in 0.5s 2011-03-18 21:47:44 (564 KB/s) - `/tmp/netselect-apt.LVPLtx' saved [292039/292039] Choosing a main Debian mirror using netselect. netselect: 282 (23 active) nameserver request(s)... Duplicate address 24.215.0.24 (ftp://24.215.0.24/debian/, ftp://debian.mirror.rafal.ca/debian/); keeping only under first name. netselect: 264 (23 active) nameserver request(s)... Duplicate address 70.38.0.135 (ftp://70.38.0.135/debian/, ftp://debian.mirror.iweb.ca/debian/); keeping only under first name. netselect: 232 (23 active) nameserver request(s)... Duplicate address 137.226.34.42 (ftp://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/, ftp://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/debian/); keeping only under first name. netselect: 202 (22 active) nameserver request(s)... Duplicate address 138.231.176.11 (ftp://debian.ens-cachan.fr/debian/, ftp://webb.ens-cachan.fr/debian/); keeping only under first name. netselect: 172 (22 active) nameserver request(s)... Duplicate address 203.0.178.32 (ftp://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/, ftp://ftp.netspace.net.au/pub/debian/); keeping only under first name. netselect: 130 (24 active) nameserver request(s)... Duplicate address 192.87.102.42 ( ftp://192.87.102.42/pub/os/Linux/distr/debian/, ftp://192.87.102.42/pub/os/Linux/distr/debian/); keeping only under first name. netselect: 130 (24 active) nameserver request(s)... Duplicate address 192.87.102.43 ( ftp://192.87.102.43/pub/os/Linux/distr/debian/, ftp://192.87.102.43/pub/os/Linux/distr/debian/); keeping only under first name. netselect: 129 (24 active) nameserver request(s)... Duplicate address 193.219.80.27 (ftp://debian.mirror.vu.lt/debian/, ftp://ftp.lt.debian.org/debian/); keeping only under first name. netselect: 99 (23 active) nameserver request(s).... Duplicate address 193.219.80.27 (ftp://debian.mirror.vu.lt/debian/, ftp://ftp.ru.debian.org/debian/); keeping only under first name. netselect: 97 (23 active) nameserver request(s)... Duplicate address 150.65.7.130 (ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Debian/, ftp://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian/); keeping only under first name. netselect: 75 (23 active) nameserver request(s)... Duplicate address 150.65.7.130 (ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Debian/, ftp://ftp2.jp.debian.org/debian/); keeping only under first name. netselect: 60 (23 active) nameserver request(s)... Duplicate address 193.140.100.100 (ftp://ftp.tr.debian.org/debian/, ftp://ftp.linux.org.tr/debian/); keeping only under first name. netselect: 48 (23 active) nameserver request(s)... Duplicate address 199.6.1.174 (ftp://mirrors.nl.kernel.org/debian/, ftp://199.6.1.174/debian/); keeping only under first name. netselect: 47 (23 active) nameserver request(s)... Duplicate address 130.239.17.6 (ftp://mirrors.se.kernel.org/debian/, ftp://130.239.17.6/debian/); keeping only under first name. netselect: unknown host debian.secsup.org netselect: 35 (24 active) nameserver request(s)... Duplicate address 143.248.234.110 (ftp://ftp.kr.debian.org/debian/, ftp://ftp.tw.debian.org/debian/); keeping only under first name. netselect: 13 (13 active) nameserver request(s)... Duplicate address 140.110.123.9 (ftp://ftp.twaren.net/debian/, ftp://ftp.ncnu.edu.tw/debian/); keeping only under first name. netselect: 9 (9 active) nameserver request(s)..... Duplicate address 202.29.148.54 (ftp://ftp.th.debian.org/debian/, ftp://ftp.v6.coe.psu.ac.th/debian/); keeping only under first name. netselect: unknown host ftp.us.debian.org Running netselect to choose 1 out of 332 addresses. The fastest server seems to be: Writing sources.list.new. Done. root@debeeeII:~# cat sources.list.new # Debian packages for testing deb testing main contrib # Uncomment the deb-src line if you want 'apt-get source' # to work with most packages. # deb-src testing main contrib # Security updates for stable # deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib root@debeeeII:~# traceroute ftp.de.debian.org traceroute to ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets 1 O2WirelessBox.lan (****) 84.496 ms 82.004 ms 81.250 ms 2 * * * 3 * * * 4 10.1.2.158 (10.1.2.158) 39.982 ms * * 5 TenGigabitEthernet4-3.ar4.LON3.gblx.net (64.214.106.253) 42.503 ms 42.520 ms 47.514 ms 6 64.213.78.238 (64.213.78.238) 59.664 ms 48.142 ms 45.227 ms 7 zr-erl1-te0-0-0-4.x-win.dfn.de (188.1.145.197) 54.221 ms 49.467 ms 44.646 ms 8 xr-dre1-te1-3.x-win.dfn.de (188.1.144.218) 52.180 ms 53.611 ms 50.605 ms 9 kr-tu-dresden.x-win.dfn.de (188.1.35.26) 53.792 ms 57.206 ms 52.510 ms 10 141.30.1.182 (141.30.1.182) 70.212 ms 63.633 ms 51.918 ms 11 ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4) 52.505 ms 50.875 ms 50.877 ms root@debeeeII:~# ping ftp.de.debian.org PING ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4): icmp_req=1 ttl=54 time=52.6 ms 64 bytes from ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4): icmp_req=2 ttl=54 time=50.9 ms 64 bytes from ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4): icmp_req=3 ttl=54 time=50.6 ms 64 bytes from ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4): icmp_req=4 ttl=54 time=50.4 ms 64 bytes from ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4): icmp_req=5 ttl=54 time=50.8 ms 64 bytes from ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4): icmp_req=6 ttl=54 time=51.5 ms 64 bytes from ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4): icmp_req=7 ttl=54 time=50.6 ms 64 bytes from ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4): icmp_req=8 ttl=54 time=50.5 ms 64 bytes from ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4): icmp_req=9 ttl=54 time=50.7 ms 64 bytes from ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4): icmp_req=10 ttl=54 time=51.1 ms 64 bytes from ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4): icmp_req=11 ttl=54 time=51.1 ms 64 bytes from ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4): icmp_req=12 ttl=54 time=51.0 ms 64 bytes from ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4): icmp_req=13 ttl=54 time=50.4 ms ^C --- ftp.de.debian.org ping statistics --- 13 packets transmitted, 13 received, 0% packet loss, time 12016ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 50.425/50.982/52.626/0.617 ms root@debeeeII:~# uname -a Linux debeeeII 2.6.37-2-amd64 #1 SMP Sun Feb 27 10:12:22 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@debeeeII:~# ls -l /lib/libc.so.6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Feb 23 00:48 /lib/libc.so.6 -> libc-2.11.2.so

