{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/git-for-windows/git/issues/458","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/git-for-windows/git/issues/458/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/git-for-windows/git/issues/458/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/git-for-windows/git/issues/458/events","html_url":"https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/458","id":109321378,"number":458,"title":"Git for Windows SDK 1.0.1 - error: failed to update mingw32 (error invoking external 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running this:\r\nhttps://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/releases/download/git-sdk-1.0.1/git-sdk-installer-1.0.1-64.7z.exe \r\n\r\nI've got this output: \r\n```\r\n:: Synchronizing package databases...\r\n git-for-windows         1996.0   B  1949K/s 00:00 [#####################] 100%\r\nerror: failed retrieving file 'mingw32.db' from repo.msys2.org : Connection time\r\nd out after 10009 milliseconds\r\nerror: failed retrieving file 'mingw32.db' from downloads.sourceforge.net : Conn\r\nection timed out after 10006 milliseconds\r\nerror: failed retrieving file 'mingw32.db' from www2.futureware.at : The request\r\ned URL returned error: 404\r\nerror: failed to update mingw32 (unexpected error)\r\nerror: failed retrieving file 'mingw64.db' from repo.msys2.org : Connection time\r\nd out after 10013 milliseconds\r\nerror: failed retrieving file 'mingw64.db' from downloads.sourceforge.net : Conn\r\nection timed out after 10004 milliseconds\r\nerror: failed retrieving file 'mingw64.db' from www2.futureware.at : The request\r\ned URL returned error: 404\r\nerror: failed to update mingw64 (unexpected error)\r\nerror: failed retrieving file 'msys.db' from repo.msys2.org : Connection timed o\r\nut after 10013 milliseconds\r\nerror: failed retrieving file 'msys.db' from downloads.sourceforge.net : Connect\r\nion timed out after 10014 milliseconds\r\nerror: failed retrieving file 'msys.db' from www2.futureware.at : The requested\r\nURL returned error: 404\r\nerror: failed to update msys (unexpected error)\r\nerror: failed to prepare transaction (could not find database)\r\n\r\nThere was a problem accessing the MSys2 repositories\r\nIf your setup requires an HTTP proxy to access the web,\r\nplease specify it here, otherwise leave it empty.\r\n\r\nHTTP proxy:\r\n```\r\nI have proxy user environment variable set (HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY) but anyway I have provided proxy in format: http://user:passs@proxy.example.com:8000 and after it hangs for quite long time and throws :\r\n\r\n```\r\nHTTP proxy: proxydata\r\n        1 file(s) copied.\r\n:: Synchronizing package databases...\r\nerror: failed to update mingw32 (error invoking external downloader)\r\n```\r\n\r\nI've tried  @galehar solution from here https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/373#issuecomment-144088283\r\n\r\nDeleted db.lck file from ```C:\\git-sdk-64\\var\\lib\\pacman``` and .part files from ```C:\\git-sdk-64\\var\\lib\\pacman\\sync```\r\n\r\nbut result is still the same.\r\n\r\n\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/git-for-windows/git/issues/comments/144765391","html_url":"https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/458#issuecomment-144765391","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/git-for-windows/git/issues/458","id":144765391,"user":{"login":"dscho","id":127790,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/127790?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/dscho","html_url":"https://github.com/dscho","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dscho/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dscho/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dscho/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dscho/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dscho/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dscho/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dscho/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dscho/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dscho/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-10-01T15:38:19Z","updated_at":"2015-10-01T15:38:19Z","body":"Could you remove the `-s` from the `XferCommand` line in your `/etc/pacman.conf` and try again?"}}