apt-get just hanging?!?

[dylan]

i have been having a similar situation occur on my Woody install, in which
RPM is not installed.... could these two problems be connected through
something other than RPM?


thanks
dylan

on 02.8.21 6:41 PM, Dan Burcaw at dburcaw@terrasoftsolutions.com wrote:

> 
> rpm --rebuilddb
> 
> 
>> Hi there everybody,
>> 
>> I have been successfully using apt-get w/ YDL 2.3 for a while now, and
>> ran an "apt-get clean" yesterday after a basic "apt-get upgrade".
>> 
>> All was working fine before, but now, apt-get is just hanging there,
>> regardless of what I'm trying to achieve: install, etc.
>> 
>> When I run "apt-get update", I get the following, and then it hangs.
>> <QUOTE>
>> [root@starmax apt]# apt-get update
>> Get:1 http://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.3/base/pkglist.main [640kB]
>> Ign http://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.3 release.main
>> [ edited out for length ]
>> Ign http://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.3/base/mirrors
>> Ign http://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.3/base/mirrors
>> Ign http://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com apt/2.3/base/mirrors
>> Fetched 1409kB in 1m38s (14.4kB/s)
>> </QUOTE>
>> 
>> The process never actually becomes an official zombie, but it's just not
>> doing anything (left it going for almost an hour, no timeout).
>> 
>> Is there any chance this is due to the servers just being overloaded?
>> I tried the Canadian mirror, but with the same result?
>> 
>> Any idea or insight will be tremendously welcomed! :o)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> < NAME="Stephane Daury" MAILTO="stephane@artekopia.org"
>> HREF="http://netjuke.sourceforge.net/" >
>> 
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