From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Robert Pluim Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: GNU Elpa not reachable (possibly OT) Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 18:08:32 +0100 Message-ID: References: <874l915ek4.fsf@fastmail.fm> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="36008"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: help-gnu-emacs To: Joost Kremers Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 18 18:09:19 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gvmPt-0009GT-UO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 18:09:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34040 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gvmPs-0007ak-ON for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 12:09:16 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:46245) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gvmPb-0007ZT-SS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 12:09:00 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gvmPX-0005E1-9p for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 12:08:58 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-wm1-x32b.google.com ([2a00:1450:4864:20::32b]:53107) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gvmPN-00056J-V0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 12:08:49 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-wm1-x32b.google.com with SMTP id m1so18168886wml.2 for ; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 09:08:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:mail-copies-to:gmane-reply-to-list :date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version; bh=YhiZ/LevtPQP8HzIgsKeRpc0/Nvp212M/TR9nCgUXiA=; b=Z/i4khh17W5/xy6wSSM5qwiCICy+klZbFPUu1ZtVePxG2O+sDSe7iDzIdYvz4v7iG3 9VoNBAb/jJlKi4sMNPcYBuFsQXosZDi4vSFCQd0TSSxga+nw49oWXs6VrEKDoQsSJCve h8Pj53BjtgA3sPa4PacdxMpUvVFKGsVr+RwVrOdQPxTR6mAnoHzC4YmYgfRh7U+3bPqA yT0MoMFhtr9dF6sez1vnb+2Z6B45/4nbYnCr7xHXnMBOCocdZyQyFSx00IkLfHOlcajb 5WkL3vhs/g0bemwa+rz1Yj72DZHpOElNV44RwY4K7QKAmPuI2901RqD6PODFfwR2rwhQ 72BA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:mail-copies-to :gmane-reply-to-list:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version; bh=YhiZ/LevtPQP8HzIgsKeRpc0/Nvp212M/TR9nCgUXiA=; b=pmCtxX9lbNtZo5N5cDXt7lJvyTDowsxPW/FBdbezbABX4OxVXg/d2/1GXIYUA3ELhW MdSgIPkZCli79hbu0uvVvZ6lJRYYHEKIkmIyRAuSNve8L8Sc1YMhqtd+zl50mYqS5rL1 FF6Rdw2xTxkBajrXcq2CtuAaqbCxjaxinmUsdxXp0T4sk3Fe7oWMANs/QH231EAYPN9O 0uIst+buNmYOj1otYCF1vLbR/FweiJO5IZ3DjSrRPMC4v1DCLdJqKdYCFVt+jWSrXz5G 9azretX/rdyYgqY95OIVKvuPFbwI9imQkj9eWj91MBkrBLv/7YDj22bgT/hHzfYDEuoK /V4w== X-Gm-Message-State: AHQUAubsyTN9yhgfgJKFgDid/RvxoWYsE+OLim6+5mM6qPXV+Y91/drI 1P9t2M/F2nlMLSLtvQjn3q/qzJrG X-Google-Smtp-Source: AHgI3IbZuoIY/3DQ7HULEEgXuWSQHNX7MmKh4eBqsI/os0yx41R+NQMOxr83eDx/djQHHQKERgW0ww== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:2082:: with SMTP id g124mr15638505wmg.59.1550509714209; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 09:08:34 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from rpluim-mac ([149.5.228.1]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q8sm23045463wrr.9.2019.02.18.09.08.32 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=AEAD-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 18 Feb 2019 09:08:33 -0800 (PST) Mail-Copies-To: never Gmane-Reply-To-List: yes In-Reply-To: <874l915ek4.fsf@fastmail.fm> (Joost Kremers's message of "Mon, 18 Feb 2019 15:58:19 +0100") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4864:20::32b X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:119442 Archived-At: Joost Kremers writes: > Hi all, > > The past few days I've been having trouble updating my packages, which > turns out to be caused by Emacs not being able to reach > . The problem isn't that the server is down (it > isn't), but I'm not entirely sure what the problem is, so I thought > I'd post here, in case anyone can help, even though it may not be an > actual Emacs problem... > > Trying to refresh my package list results in the following error: > > error in process filter: Error retrieving: > https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/archive-contents (error http 400) Do you get this error straight away, or after a timeout? > Funny thing is, I can paste that URI in the address bar of my browser > and the file loads just fine. > > Looking at this reddit page: > > https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/arnbhb/cant_reach_elpa_for_the_last_couple_of_days/ > > I tried the same thing as in one of the posts there, and indeed, > `nslookp elpa.gnu.org` gives me: > > > ``` > Non-authoritative answer: > Name: elpa.gnu.org > Address: 209.51.188.89 > Name: elpa.gnu.org > Address: 2001:470:142:5::89 > ``` > > and then `ping elpa.gnu.org` yields: > > ``` > PING elpa.gnu.org(2001:470:142:5::89 (2001:470:142:5::89)) 56 data > bytes > From 2001:470:142::1 (2001:470:142::1) icmp_seq=1 Destination > unreachable: Address unreachable > ``` Any chance of you running tcpdump or wireshark to capture what traffic Emacs is sending? > Several IPv6 test sites tell me my IPv6 connectivity is fine, except > for one, which states that "Your router or firewall is filtering > ICMPv6 messages sent to your computer." > > So I'm wondering if that may be the cause of the problem and if yes, > what can I do about it? You may have a not-quite-working IPv6 setup, which is causing Emacs to try to connect via IPv6 and failing rather than falling back to IPv4. Could you let us know which version of Emacs this is? Also that network trace would be *really* useful. Thanks Robert