FS#72651 - To let 404 downloading error be skipped to go on

Attached to Project: Pacman
Opened by mardiyah (abd) - Saturday, 06 November 2021, 23:55 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category General
Status Unconfirmed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version 6.0.0
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 0%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Summary and Info:
Can we have a 404 downloading error be skipped and just go on doing for next good download

Steps to Reproduce: e.g
$ sudo pacman -S lib32-libcap

...

error: failed retrieving file 'lib32-libcap-2.59-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.f4st.host : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'lib32-libcap-2.59-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.selfnet.de : The requested URL returned error: 404
warning: failed to retrieve some files

Thanks in advance
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Comment by Allan McRae (Allan) - Sunday, 07 November 2021, 04:34 GMT
Your command "pacman -S lib32-libcap" asks pacman to download lib32-libcap. What is it supposed to do if it can not download lib32-libcap?
Comment by mardiyah (abd) - Sunday, 07 November 2021, 13:34 GMT
keep going on download the rest has not been downloaded

so that the type: Feature Request

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