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