[arch-general] [Solved] Re: failed retrieving file 'core.db' in "pacman -Syu"

On 11/30/2015 08:59 PM, mudongliang wrote:

On 11/30/2015 08:11 PM, Guus Snijders wrote:

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Op 30 nov. 2015 09:14 schreef "mudongliang" :

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On 11/30/2015 03:24 PM, Pablo wrote:

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Have you tried another mirror? I have a notebook which is also archlinux! It can work well. So I think

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The one which has this problem is a virtual machine in vmware. I don't do anything dangerous just to "pacman -Syu" to update arch and

the mirror is OK! try to be familiar with this linux distribution.

A vm can be quite another beast then bare metal. First things that spring to mind are: connection protocol, firewalls and overzealous virusscanners.

What are you using as host os? I use debian stable as host os and does not install a firewall or virusscanner. And at first it worked well when it was created in my vmware. But after some one update, it does not work any more. And ping shows the network connection is ok. I have no idea how it happens.

For testing, I comment all the mirrors, but 163 miriror and ustc mirror which is faster in my mind. When I do "pacman -Syu", the same problem happens to 163 mirror and ustc mirror. After that, amazing thing happens. It updates my system and show me all the packages. When I choose "y", it updates my system. It is incredible. Maybe problem is in vmware. - mudongliang

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Mvg, Guus