On Thu, 2007-03-29 at 17:46 -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: > On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 10:28:28PM +0100, michael wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-03-29 at 07:03 -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 01:58:44PM +0200, Jean Monnat wrote: > > > > > > > > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > > For the last few days apt-listbugs is failing with the following > > > > > message: > > > > > > > > > > Connection timed out - connect(2) (bugs.donarmstrong.com, #80) > > > > > > > > > > I don't know what this server is; pinging it does show it is is down > > > > > but > > > > > I don't know why apt-listbugs is trying to reach it. > > > > > > > > > > Googling shows people with similar problems though not identical, and > > > > > no > > > > > obvious solutions. > > > > > > > > > > Anyone else seeing it? > > > > > > > > > I have exactly the same problem. Any solution is welcome. > > > > > > > > Jean > > > > > > > > > > Until the problem goes away for you, I'd remove apt-listbugs. Although > > > from what I've read the servers are fixed. > > > > > > If this happens again just remove apt-listbugs for a week, otherwise > > > APT itself will become pretty unusable (Unless you can disable it? I'm > > > not sure how one would go about doing this though) > > > > > > > > > > Okay, it slows things down but it doesn't make things unstable. You can > > still (at your own risk) install ignoring whatever bugs... > > > > > > I said unusable, not unstable ;P > > It wouldn't cancel for me, everytime I Ctrl+C'd to try to maybe cancel > the bug retrieving it cancelled the entire install process. I had to > purge it to get APT installing packages again. > >
I use apt-get and after a couple of minutes the listbugs timed out then gave me a choice of proceed(y) or not(n)... didn't have to interrupt it -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]