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FS#1152 - pacman gives error

Attached to Project: Pacman
Opened by Michael (YogurtEarl) - Monday, 19 July 2004, 05:47 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture not specified
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7 Wombat
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 0%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

I recently upgraded to pacman 2.8.1-1 and also upgraded to the
libs from nptl. now when I do a "pacman -Syu" I get the following error:

getservbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to ftp.archlinux.org
failed to synchronize nptl
getservbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to ftp.archlinux.org
getservbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to ftp.oit.unc.edu
getservbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to ftp.archlinux.de
getservbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to ftp.ibiblio.org
gethostbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to archlinux.antesis.org
getservbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de
getservbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to ftp.tu-chemnitz.de
getservbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to ftp.parrswood.net
getservbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to ftp.kegep.tuc.gr
gethostbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to darkstar.ist.utl.pt
getservbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to archlinux.creativa.cl
getservbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to gd.tuwien.ac.at
getservbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to saule.mintis.lt
getservbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to ftp.rez-gif.supelec.fr
failed to synchronize current
getservbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to ftp.oit.unc.edu
getservbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to ftp.archlinux.de
getservbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to ftp.ibiblio.org
gethostbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to archlinux.antesis.org
getservbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de
getservbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to ftp.tu-chemnitz.de
getservbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to ftp.archlinux.org
getservbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to ftp.parrswood.net
getservbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to ftp.kegep.tuc.gr
gethostbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to darkstar.ist.utl.pt
getservbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to archlinux.creativa.cl
getservbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to gd.tuwien.ac.at
getservbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to saule.mintis.lt
getservbyname: No such file or directory
error: cannot connect to ftp.rez-gif.supelec.fr
failed to synchronize extra
:: pacman-2.8.1-1: local version is newer
:: Above packages will be skipped. To manually upgrade use 'pacman -S <pkg>'
This task depends upon

Closed by  Judd Vinet (judd)
Monday, 19 July 2004, 17:12 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed

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