On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 01:20 +0200, "Sylvain Le Gall" <gil...@debian.org> wrote: > In gmane.linux.debian.user, you wrote: > >> > > >> > >> You can try using "curl http://.../Packages..."; from the machine > >> hosting approx, even if it sounds weird it can give you hints on what is > >> happening (I say curl because approx use curl). If the problem is at the > >> download level, there is probably a problem with curl from this specific > >> computer. The same problem can disappear using apt/wget/iceweasel/... > >> from the same machine. > > > > Sorry, this got put on the back burner for a couple > > of days. Things seem to have worked themselves out > > on the server itself (lenny). I tried running curl > > on the cl. That worked, so I tried aptitude update > > with sources.list pointing to the localhost approx > > proxy. Don't understand why, but it is working. > > > > The problem persists from a remote client (a squeeze box), > > though. Packages file downloads variously to between 4 & > > 6 per cent, then the download stalls for a minute or two. > > The partially downloaded file then disappears and returns > > as a zero length file which then downloads to between 4 & 6 per cent ... > > > >> > >> Another point is to look at the log in /var/log/* to see what happens > >> when the problem appears. You will probably find there some valuable > >> information (error messages...). > > > > And you were right: > > > > approx: Nethttpd: Uncaught exception: > > Nethttpd_types.Standard_response(-358247754, 0, 0) > > > > appears over and over again in /var/log/syslog when the remote > > clients chokes and starts the download over. Googling that only > > turned up one bug report that seems to my naive eye to not > > be a related problem, and anyway, was fixed in approx 3.3.0 > > which is what I am running. > > > > Does the nethttpd error mean anything to anyone? > > Nethttpd server is probably not complete enough to answer specific > option used by aptitude... > > Can you try a simple "apt-get update"
Same result, gets to about 4 or 6 % then tanks. Noticed a new message in the logs: approx: Removing debian/dists/squeeze/main/binary-i386/Packages.3038.588984013 (size: 421116) approx: Nethttpd: Uncaught exception: Nethttpd_types.Standard_response(-358247754, 0, 0) > or "curl > http://host:port/.../Packages"; from the squeeze box (where host/port > match approx host/port). Same thing, except I used wget instead of curl. It also seems that things are not so rosy on the server itself. I ran "aptitude build-dep approx" to try and solve the other part of my problem (approx-import missing from v3.3.0). One of the things it wanted to install is ocaml-interp. At about 33% downloaded this tanks with the same type of message: approx: Removing debian/pool/main/o/ocaml/ocaml-interp_3.10.2-3_amd64.3018.199742079 (size: 400459) approx: Nethttpd: Uncaught exception: Nethttpd_types.Standard_response(-358247754, 0, 0) willy -- whollyg...@letterboxes.org -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
