[arch-general] Cannot reach repositories

[David C. Rankin]

On 03/13/2017 04:39 PM, Peter Nabbefeld wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> getting connection errors when trying to access update repositories, e.g.:
> Fehler: Konnte Datei 'core.db' nicht von mirror.vfn-nrw.de übertragen : Failed
> to connect to mirror.vfn-nrw.de port 80: Keine Route zum Zielrechner
> 
> (Error: Could not transfer 'core.db' from mirror.vfn-nrw.de : Failed to
> connect to mirror.vfn-nrw.de port 80: No route to host)
> 
> Kind regards
> Peter

See my earlier post and replies:

[arch-general] Update to Linux 4.10.1-1 Broke Bind9 /etc/named.conf never
reached on startup

The latest set of updates (including glibc) broke bind9 dns name resolution.
So your computer cannot find the repositories. The easiest way to get updates
with your current setup is to look at the first entry in your
/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist. Get the server host.domain.tld and go to a working
computer and type 'ping host.domain.tld' and get the IP address. Then in your
/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, replace host.domain.tld with the actual IP address.

Or you could just downgrade glibc to 2.24... or use LTS until the bug is fixed.

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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.