[pacman-dev] An interesting error

[Roman Kyrylych]

I've just got this when updating my linode server:

$ sudo pacman -Syyu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'testing.db.tar.gz' from
ftp.archlinux.org : No address record
 testing                   13.4K  733.6K/s 00:00:00 [#####################] 100%
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from ftp.archlinux.org
: No address record
 core                      36.1K 1303.4K/s 00:00:00 [#####################] 100%
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db.tar.gz' from ftp.archlinux.org
: No address record
 extra                    449.8K    4.7M/s 00:00:00 [#####################] 100%
error: failed retrieving file 'community-testing.db.tar.gz' from
ftp.archlinux.org : No address record
 community-testing          1.2K   20.1M/s 00:00:00 [#####################] 100%
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db.tar.gz' from
ftp.archlinux.org : No address record
 community                373.4K    4.6M/s 00:00:00 [#####################] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (4): kernel26-firmware-2.6.33.3-2  kernel26-2.6.33.3-2  psmisc-22.11-1
             tzdata-2010i-1

Total Download Size:    32.46 MB
Total Installed Size:   114.00 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] n
[roman at codeplace ~]$ sudo pacman -Su
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (4): kernel26-firmware-2.6.33.3-2  kernel26-2.6.33.3-2  psmisc-22.11-1
             tzdata-2010i-1

Total Download Size:    32.46 MB
Total Installed Size:   114.00 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
:: Retrieving packages from testing...
error: failed retrieving file
'kernel26-firmware-2.6.33.3-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz' from
ftp.archlinux.org : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
 kernel26-firmware-2...  1048.8K  664.4K/s 00:00:02 [#####################] 100%
error: failed retrieving file 'kernel26-2.6.33.3-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz'
from ftp.archlinux.org : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no
access)
 kernel26-2.6.33.3-2...    31.2M    5.1M/s 00:00:06 [#####################] 100%
 psmisc-22.11-1-x86_...    76.9K  153.5K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
 tzdata-2010i-1-x86_...   178.7K   90.6K/s 00:00:02 [#####################] 100%

Can anyone explain what exactly happens here?

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Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)