On Sun, 2015-05-10 at 10:08 +0200, Michael Tremer wrote:
> Hello Paul,
> 
> can you tell us what exact error you get?
> 
> We have multiple mirror servers but only use two for the testing
> releases because mirror syncing is an issue which takes sometimes a long
> time.
> 
> All the mirrors are OK right now: http://mirrors.ipfire.org/
> 
> Pakfire should try each mirror once. If all fail, pakfire will use the
> master mirror.
> 
> -Michael

Thanks for your quick reply, Michael.

I enclose an excerpt from the terminal session, and one from the system
log.

After some experimentation, I was able to use "wget" to copy the needed
paks from mirror.lightningwirelabs.com/pub/*blah* to /var/cache/pakfire/
on the firewall and invoke the upgrade.

I am willing to continue using that method, because I understand the
constraints on mirroring.  As I said, I believe the root cause is the
inadequacy of my ISP, but I have no other service available :-( .  That
is the downside of "life in the boonies".

Best regards,
Paul