[tex-live] to download the remote TL database

[Paulo Roberto Massa Cereda]

Hello Karl,

 > I can't visit that url in a browser.  I suspect something is wrong on
 > that host.  I suggest specifying a different mirror (not www.ctan.org)
 > explicitly.

You are right, I should've tried following the link in the first place. :)

 > I'm not sure that works.  There is some kind of automagic redirection
 > when trying to download from www.ctan.org.  ftp://ftp.ctan.org instead
 > of http://www.ctan.org might be a worthwhile attempt for testing.

Indeed, my bad. :) I thought of trying Dante, but I didn't notice I got 
redirected. I should have tried the FTP directly.

Sorry for the noise, everything is working as expected. :)

Cheers!

Paulo

Em 08-11-2015 20:33, Karl Berry escreveu:
> Hi Paulo,
>
>      Not all the time, but most of it:
>
> Has anything changed with the network on your end?
> That's the first thing that comes to mind.
>
>      http://repositorios.cpai.unb.br/ctan/systems/texlive/tlnet
>
> I can't visit that url in a browser.  I suspect something is wrong on
> that host.  I suggest specifying a different mirror (not www.ctan.org)
> explicitly.
>
>      --repository=http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/texlive/tlnet
>
> I'm not sure that works.  There is some kind of automagic redirection
> when trying to download from www.ctan.org.  ftp://ftp.ctan.org instead
> of http://www.ctan.org might be a worthwhile attempt for testing.
>
>      Is it something to get worried or just a temporary issue?
>
> Nothing has changed wrt ctan or tug.org, to my knowledge.  No one else
> has reported such connectivity problems recently.  -k
>