Portage downloading problem.

cyberlync · n00b Joined: 28 Apr 2003 Posts: 11

When portage attempts to download a new package for emerge it often attempts to download the package from 1.0.0.0 instead of the actuall ip address of the specified server. However, if I ping the default download site before emerging it downloads it just fine from the specified site. I do not see this problem in other networking applications so I assume it is a portage specific problem dealing with DNS resolution. Do any of you have any ideas on how to fix this annoying but not critical problem.

thanks.

fennec · l33t Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Posts: 613 Location: Montreal

what is set in your /etc/make.conf for download mirrors ?

adaptr · Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 9:53 am Post subject:

Well, yes - what does your resolv.conf contain ?
And are the nameservers sane ?
Maybe it's a resolver library issue ?
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cyberlync · n00b Joined: 28 Apr 2003 Posts: 11

to fennec

It doesn't matter. The same thing results regardless of the mirror it is attempting to download from.

to adaptr

The resolv.conf contains the dns servers and the name servers seem to be sane. In any case, I would expect that these problems would appear in other applications if there was a problem in any of those areas. Thats what leads me to believe its a portage issue, though, I have no clue as to what it might be.

adaptr · Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 10:04 am Post subject:

Did you add the mirrors yourself, or did you use mirrorselect ?

Maybe mirrorselect screwed up, this does happen quite often.
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kallamej · Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2004 11:34 pm Post subject:

Moved from Portage & Programming in favour of https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=219302
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