Temporary failure resolving 'archive.debian.org'

[giorgio]

Every time I try to apt-get I get the message:
Temporary failure resolving 'archive.debian.org'

I get the same when I try apt-get update.

Here is my sources.list

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# BUBBA|TWO apt sources.list
#
# Changes in this file might break your system
#
# vim: ft=debsources

# The stable BUBBA|TWO repository, is in the suite "stable".
deb http://update.excito.org/ marielle main

# The stable BUBBA|TWO repository, is in the suite "stable". source packages
#deb-src http://update.excito.org/ marielle main

# The upstream packages used in BUBBA|TWO, is in the suite "upstream_stable".
deb http://update.excito.org/ upstream_etch main

# The upstream packages used in BUBBA|TWO, is in the suite "upstream_stable". source packages
#deb-src http://update.excito.org/ upstream_etch main

# The debian etch repository containing unsupported packages that can be used.
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian etch main
#deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian etch main

# The debian etch repository containing unsupported packages that can be used. source packages
#deb-src http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian etch main

# The debian etch repository containing unsupported packages that can be used.
#deb http://archive.debian.org/debian etch contrib
#deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian etch contrib

# The debian etch repository containing unsupported packages that can be used. source packages
#deb-src http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian etch contrib

# The debian etch repository containing unsupported packages that can be used.
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian etch non-free
#deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian etch non-free

# The debian etch repository containing unsupported packages that can be used. source packages
#deb-src http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian etch non-free


# The unstable BUBBA|TWO repository, is in the suite "unstable".
#deb http://update.excito.org/ claire main

# The unstable BUBBA|TWO repository, is in the suite "unstable". source packages
#deb-src http://update.excito.org/ claire main

# The upstream packages used in unstable BUBBA|TWO, is in the suite "upstream_stable_forclaire".
#deb http://update.excito.org/ upstream_etch_forclaire main

# The upstream packages used in unstable BUBBA|TWO, is in the suite "upstream_stable_forclaire". source packages
#deb-src http://update.excito.org/ upstream_etch_forclaire main

Is there anything I can do?

Cheers
George

[RandomUsername]

I get that quite a lot. Not sure of the cause. It rarely happens on a second attempt for me.

[Cheeseboy]

You should contact your ISP about that.

[RandomUsername]

I don't believe it's an ISP issue.

1. It's the only address I have trouble resolving and;
2. Tracert'ing that address from my work PC is a bit flakey too - different ISP etc.

[Ubi]

if you have this problem from your desktop too, then the problem is on your ISP or on Debian's ISP. As we all use Debians ISP and nobody except you seems to report this problem, I would be tempted to conclude the problem is at the level of your internet connection. At least, I tried to connect a few times today and had no problems at all.

But in short, it's not an issue anyone on the Bubba forum can address, as we have no say or control over Debian. If you feel the Debian archive server is misbehaving, I'm afraid this issue should be addressed there and not in this forum.

[RandomUsername]

We'll actually Ubi, it's two of us reporting it so maybe certain DNS servers have a problem for whatever reason.

[Ubi]

My bad, wasn't looking at submitter names. But, archive.debian.org is served by a very stable set of nameservers that keeps the entire debian.org domain. I find it very hard to believe that these machine are not behaving collectively.

Archive.debian.org is actually round-robin onto 3 independent servers, on three independent networks. It could be that one of those is not working properly, but then bubba should not complain about resolving issues, but about reaching the server. Apart from that the setup seems very solid.

[giorgio]

Well just to update.

I did manage to finally run an apt-get update and install something last night.
I just attempted every couple of hours until it finally worked.

I get a 50% success rate when running nslookup on archive.debian.org. It times out alot.

Can I substitute a local mirror for archive.debian.org/ (I'm in New Zealand).

This problem presumably explains why the Bubba software update just hung for hours last time I tried to run it from the web interface.

I have never had any dns issue with any other sites.

G.

[Ubi]

maybe one of the three works best
try

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dig archive.debian.org

then traceroute the three IP addresses. Decide which one is best.
Then put into /etc/hosts:
ip.of.best.mirror archive.debian.org

(or force that ip address into apt-sources but that might be more work)

hope this helps