FS#56941 - Cannot download extra repo DB from mirrors!

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Marc-andre Lamothe (malbeth81) - Wednesday, 03 January 2018, 19:59 GMT
Last edited by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz) - Wednesday, 03 January 2018, 21:07 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Mirrors
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Critical
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

When trying to install Arch Linux with pacstrap, it keeps failing to download the extra repository DB file from the mirrors.

Tried on older Arch Linux installation (on another machine) and I get the same errors.

At some points it appears like it was successful, but trying to use pacman just shows :

error: could not open file /mnt/var/lib/pacman/sync/extra.db: Unrecognized archive format


Steps to reproduce:

> pacman -Sy
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core 126.8 KiB 1713K/s 00:00 [#############################################################################] 100%
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds---------------------------------------------------------] 22%
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mirror.frgl.pw : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds############---------------------------------------------------------] 27%
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mirror.frgl.pw : SSL: no alternative certificate subject name matches target host name 'mirror.frgl.pw'
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mirror.its.dal.ca : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds##----------------------------------------------------------------] 17%
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from muug.ca : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds####################--------------------------------------------------------] 28%
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from muug.ca : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds#########################---------------------------------------------------] 34%
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from archlinux.mirror.rafal.ca : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds----------------------------------------------------------] 25%
error: failed to update extra (download library error)
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds-----------------------------------------------------] 10%
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from mirror.frgl.pw : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds-----------------------------------------------------------------] 10%
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from mirror.frgl.pw : SSL: no alternative certificate subject name matches target host name 'mirror.frgl.pw'
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from mirror.its.dal.ca : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds--------------------------------------------------------------] 6%
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from muug.ca : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds##----------------------------------------------------------------------] 10%
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from muug.ca : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds###---------------------------------------------------------------------] 11%
^[[A community 450.9 KiB 2.24K/s 29:00 [#######----------------------------------------------------------------------] ^[[B community 450.9 KiB 1531B/s 43:30 [#######----------------------------------------------------------------------] ^C0%
Interrupt signal received

[root@malbeth marc]# pacman -Syy
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core 126.8 KiB 1668K/s 00:00 [#############################################################################] 100%
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds---------------------------------------------------------] 22%
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mirror.frgl.pw : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds#############--------------------------------------------------------] 28%
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mirror.frgl.pw : SSL: no alternative certificate subject name matches target host name 'mirror.frgl.pw'
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mirror.its.dal.ca : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds##----------------------------------------------------------------] 17%
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from muug.ca : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds###################---------------------------------------------------------] 27%
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from muug.ca : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds####################--------------------------------------------------------] 28%
extra 1642.4 KiB 2010K/s 00:01 [#############################################################################] 100%
community 4.3 MiB 1407K/s 00:03 [#############################################################################] 100%
multilib 168.6 KiB 2.06M/s 00:00 [#############################################################################] 100%
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Closed by  Eli Schwartz (eschwartz)
Wednesday, 03 January 2018, 21:07 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  OP request: Turns out it was some weird router issue. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Comment by Marc-andre Lamothe (malbeth81) - Wednesday, 03 January 2018, 20:01 GMT
During the sync I can see the transfer rate slowing down, from several K/s at the beginning to just a few B/s after several seconds before it shows the error about the operation being to slow.
Comment by Marc-andre Lamothe (malbeth81) - Wednesday, 03 January 2018, 20:17 GMT
Package download also fails in a similar fashion. I tried several computer and reset my internet connection to no avail.
Comment by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz) - Wednesday, 03 January 2018, 20:23 GMT
There is no longer a frgl.pw mirror, see  FS#55254  you probably need to update your mirrors from https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/

The fact that you have four mirrors all displaying the same errors, indicates it is almost certainly an error with your internet connection.

The unrecognized format error is useless, please inspect the contents of the file and tell us what it actually is. ;)
`less` and `file` are both useful here.

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