[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] apt-get: failure to resolve repository

[From: Murray Cumming]

I seeing a strange problem with apt-get in scratchbox today. It can't
resolve repository.maemo.org, though I can wget just fine:

[sbox-SDK_maemo_686: ~] > fakeroot apt-get update
Err http://repository.maemo.org maemo1.1/free Packages
  Temporary failure resolving 'repository.maemo.org'
Err http://repository.maemo.org maemo1.1/free Release
  Temporary failure resolving 'repository.maemo.org'
Err http://repository.maemo.org maemo1.1/non-free Packages
  Temporary failure resolving 'repository.maemo.org'
Err http://repository.maemo.org maemo1.1/non-free Release
  Temporary failure resolving 'repository.maemo.org'
Err http://repository.maemo.org maemo1.1/free Sources
  Temporary failure resolving 'repository.maemo.org'
Err http://repository.maemo.org maemo1.1/free Release
  Temporary failure resolving 'repository.maemo.org'
Err http://repository.maemo.org maemo1.1/non-free Sources
  Temporary failure resolving 'repository.maemo.org'
Err http://repository.maemo.org maemo1.1/non-free Release
  Temporary failure resolving 'repository.maemo.org'
Failed to fetch
http://repository.maemo.org/dists/maemo1.1/free/binary-i386/Packages.gz
Temporary failure resolving 'repository.maemo.org'

[snip]

[sbox-SDK_maemo_686: ~] > wget
http://repository.maemo.org/dists/maemo1.1/free/binary-i386/Packages.gz
--12:32:41--
http://repository.maemo.org/dists/maemo1.1/free/binary-i386/Packages.gz
           => `Packages.gz'
Resolving repository.maemo.org... 195.27.240.158, 194.109.218.35
Connecting to repository.maemo.org[195.27.240.158]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 71,463 [text/plain]

100%[==================================================================================================>] 71,463       184.95K/s

12:32:42 (184.23 KB/s) - `Packages.gz' saved [71463/71463]


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