{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/tokland/arch-bootstrap/issues/14","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/tokland/arch-bootstrap/issues/14/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/tokland/arch-bootstrap/issues/14/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/tokland/arch-bootstrap/issues/14/events","html_url":"https://github.com/tokland/arch-bootstrap/issues/14","id":82915715,"number":14,"title":"Default mirror broken?","user":{"login":"hartwork","id":1577132,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1577132?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/hartwork","html_url":"https://github.com/hartwork","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hartwork/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hartwork/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hartwork/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hartwork/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hartwork/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hartwork/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hartwork/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hartwork/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hartwork/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":8,"created_at":"2015-05-30T21:20:51Z","updated_at":"2015-05-31T19:08:03Z","closed_at":"2015-05-31T19:08:03Z","body":"Hi!\r\n\r\nWhile installation through the Rackspace mirror seems to work fine\r\n```\r\n# ./arch-bootstrap.sh -a x86_64 -r http://mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/ arch_root\r\n```\r\nthe default mirror at mirrors.kernel.org does not lead to a successful installation as of today, tried twice:\r\n```\r\n# ./arch-bootstrap.sh -a x86_64 arch_root\r\n[..]\r\n--- configure DNS and pacman\r\n--- install packages: acl archlinux-keyring attr bzip2 curl expat glibc gpgme libarchive libassuan libgpg-error libssh2 lzo openssl pacman pacman-mirrorlist xz zlib krb5 e2fsprogs keyutils libidn gcc-libs filesystem coreutils bash grep gawk file tar systemd\r\n:: Synchronizing package databases...\r\nerror: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirrors.kernel.org : error setting certificate verify locations:\r\n  CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt\r\n  CApath: none\r\nerror: failed to update core (download library error)\r\nerror: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mirrors.kernel.org : error setting certificate verify locations:\r\n  CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt\r\n  CApath: none\r\nerror: failed to update extra (download library error)\r\nerror: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from mirrors.kernel.org : error setting certificate verify locations:\r\n  CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt\r\n  CApath: none\r\nerror: failed to update community (download library error)\r\nerror: failed to synchronize any databases\r\nerror: failed to init transaction (download library error)\r\n\r\n# ls -l /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt\r\n-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 273790 Apr 25 11:46 /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt\r\n```\r\n\r\nMaybe Rackspace would make a better default mirror? It's listed as worldwide at the very top in `etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist`.\r\n\r\nBest, Sebastian"}}