Hi Martin, On 07/05/16 10:09, Martin Bagge / brother wrote: > On 2016-07-05 06:32, Harald Dunkel wrote: >> >> I didn't mention klecker-ftp anywhere in my config files. >> Its not on the round-robin list for ftp.debian.org either: >> >> # host ftp.debian.org >> ftp.debian.org has address 130.239.18.173 >> ftp.debian.org has address 130.239.18.165 >> ftp.debian.org has IPv6 address 2001:6b0:e:2018::165 >> ftp.debian.org has IPv6 address 2001:6b0:e:2018::173 >> ftp.debian.org mail is handled by 0 . > > Was this command on the same box as the problematic apt-get update command?
Yes. > Long time after the command was issued? ("this morning found" suggests a > time between the two). > No, the "host" was running on the same machine while apt-get was waiting. >> What would you suggest to avoid this kind of problem? > > klecker is serving ftp.d.o. > > http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/mirror/dsa-auto-dns.git/tree/services/ftp.debian.org.service > > From my view > brother ~$ host ftp.debian.org > ftp.debian.org has address 130.89.148.12 > ftp.debian.org mail is handled by 0 . > > And by now my view have switched to use the ACC provided mirrors just as > your example. > > On the other hand the long standing recommendation is to not use ftp.d.o: > https://wiki.debian.org/ftp.debian.org#line-22 > I see. "ftp.debian.org" is in my sources.list since ages. Probably I missed the note introducing this new host. Maybe it would help to provide recommended settings for sources.list within /usr/share/base-files ? Thanx very much Harri