Wanted to delete. No delete option? Guess it is more of a inconvenience then a bug.
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Description changed: - apt-get doesn't validate servers, and/or has far to long timeout. - Should seriously do some logic if server, index or other core files is unreachable. - - E.g.: - - 1 ~$ sudo apt-get install gnome-common - 2 Reading package lists... - 3 Building dependency tree... - 4 Reading state information... - 5 The following extra packages will be installed: - 6 autopoint - 7 The following NEW packages will be installed: - 8 autopoint gnome-common - 9 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. - 10 Need to get 621 kB of archives. - 11 After this operation, 883 kB of additional disk space will be used. - 12 Do you want to continue [Y/n]? - 13 WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! - 14 autopoint gnome-common - 15 Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y - 16 ^CExit code: 130 - - Warning of line 13 is presumably because auth. can't be downloaded. - Going to line 16 - here it hangs "forever". - - As there obviously is other mirrors - these are two bad and confusing - faults. - - 1 $ apt-get source gnome-terminal - 2 Reading package lists... Done - 3 Building dependency tree - 4 Reading state information... Done - 5 NOTICE: 'gnome-terminal' packaging is maintained in the 'Bzr' version control system at: - 6 http://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-desktop/gnome-terminal/ubuntu - 7 Please use: - 8 bzr branch http://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-desktop/gnome-terminal/ubuntu - 9 to retrieve the latest (possibly unreleased) updates to the package. - 10 Need to get 1,893 kB of source archives. - 11 0% [Connecting to no.archive.ubuntu.com (130.239.18.138)] - 12 ... - 13 0% [Waiting for headers] - - Hangs on line 11, if you are lucky it enters line 13. Here is a complete - halt. - - And: why does it say "Please use: bzr branch http://code.launchpad.net - /~ubuntu-desktop/gnome-terminal/ubuntu" when it is a git repo at - git://git.gnome.org/gnome-terminal? - - Further (not a bug per se, but still) - Why does it say - "no.archive.ubuntu.com" when it is a Swedish server at the university of - UmeƄ? - - $ dig no.archive.ubuntu.com - - ; <<>> DiG 9.8.1-P1 <<>> no.archive.ubuntu.com - ;; global options: +cmd - ;; Got answer: - ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 21573 - ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 0 - - ;; QUESTION SECTION: - ;no.archive.ubuntu.com. IN A - - ;; ANSWER SECTION: - no.archive.ubuntu.com. 141 IN CNAME ftp.acc.umu.se. - ftp.acc.umu.se. 141 IN A 130.239.18.138 - ftp.acc.umu.se. 141 IN A 130.239.18.137 - - ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: - umu.se. 52338 IN NS sunic.sunet.se. - umu.se. 52338 IN NS ns1.umu.se. - umu.se. 52338 IN NS dns.norrnod.se. - umu.se. 52338 IN NS ns2.umu.se. - - ;; Query time: 1 msec - ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) - ;; WHEN: Sat Jan 26 05:46:56 2013 - ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 187 + Deleted. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1105873 Title: apt-get fails to check status of mirrors To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1105873/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs