On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:49 AM, David C. Rankin<drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Listmates, > > I have had my updates hand horribly over the past several days. So bad, I > thought there was a bug in pacman. I have even canceled some with ctrl+c out > of frustration. > > I think I just found out why. I was looking to download the i686 lts kernel > so I was browsing the various repositories to see which one had it. I tried to > access packages on archlinux.unixheads.org, and access to the repository did > the same thing -- just hung. The little spinner in firefox was just going > round-and-round. Looking at the site it was accessing, I under stood why: > > http://www.google-analytics.com/ > > Evidently some of the archlinux repos are using google-analytics to trac web > traffic to the packages and this is killing access to the repository. Here is > a screenshot: > > http://www.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/bugs/hung-repo-ann.jpeg > > I'm glad to finally know what the problem is, but it may not be helpful to > Arch to have the repos killed by some configured (or misconfigured) web > traffic analyzer package... If you used ftp in pacman Google Analytics shouldn't come into play. Regards, Mike > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. > Rankin Law Firm, PLLC > 510 Ochiltree Street > Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 > Telephone: (936) 715-9333 > Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 > www.rankinlawfirm.com >
