Liquorix Binary Package Hosting Issues?

[erockce]

Hi. I have been using your kernel patches for Gaming and Realtime use cases for several months after coming across https://github.com/zen-kernel/zen-kernel/issues/30. Both work fantastic for me!

Instead of waiting for a compile from source with the posted packages in AUR, I followed guidance from the Arch Linux Wiki page Unofficial user repositories section 2.33 liquorix to install binary kernel packages.

However within the past month, I am not able to pull down your updates using the typical package update methods. It wasn't until I found and used the --disable-download-timeout option with pacman and yay that it FINALLY finished the download.

Just wondering if you are either aware or have had others reach out for this issue.

[niltooth]

i am also having this issue

[damentz]

If you change the URL for the repo from https://liquorix.net to https://cdn.liquorix.net, does that alleviate the timeout issue?

EDIT: I can confirm that requests coming directly from the CDN (Cloudflare R2), is having random timeouts. Currently investigating.

[damentz]

I've disabled the CDN redirect, can ya'll retry? I'll continue monitoring the state of R2 and re-enable it once Cloudflare fixes the issue.

[erockce]

@damentz , thank you for responding!

Updated /etc/pacman.conf to use https://cdn.liquorix.net/

$ grep -A3 "\[liquorix" /etc/pacman.conf
[liquorix]
SigLevel = DatabaseOptional PackageRequired TrustedOnly
Server = https://cdn.liquorix.net/archlinux/$repo/$arch

Greeted with coincidental kernel updates:

$ yay -Syuu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 endeavouros is up to date
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 multilib is up to date
 liquorix is up to date
:: Searching AUR for updates...
:: Searching databases for updates...
 -> linux: ignoring package upgrade (6.8.2.arch2-1 => 6.8.4.arch1-1)
 -> linux-headers: ignoring package upgrade (6.8.2.arch2-1 => 6.8.4.arch1-1)
 -> linux-lqx: ignoring package upgrade (6.7.12.lqx1-1 => 6.8.4.lqx1-1)
 -> linux-lqx-headers: ignoring package upgrade (6.7.12.lqx1-1 => 6.8.4.lqx1-1)
 -> linux-zen: ignoring package upgrade (6.8.2.zen2-1 => 6.8.4.zen1-1)
 -> linux-zen-headers: ignoring package upgrade (6.8.2.zen2-1 => 6.8.4.zen1-1)
 there is nothing to do

Updated /etc/pacman.conf to remove the IgnorePkg for the packages. Now let's try it with default package update command:

$ yay
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 endeavouros is up to date
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 multilib is up to date
 liquorix is up to date
:: Searching AUR for updates...
:: Searching databases for updates...
:: 6 packages to upgrade/install.
6  core/linux                  6.8.2.arch2-1 -> 6.8.4.arch1-1
5  core/linux-headers          6.8.2.arch2-1 -> 6.8.4.arch1-1
4  extra/linux-zen             6.8.2.zen2-1  -> 6.8.4.zen1-1
3  extra/linux-zen-headers     6.8.2.zen2-1  -> 6.8.4.zen1-1
2  liquorix/linux-lqx          6.7.12.lqx1-1 -> 6.8.4.lqx1-1
1  liquorix/linux-lqx-headers  6.7.12.lqx1-1 -> 6.8.4.lqx1-1
==> Packages to exclude: (eg: "1 2 3", "1-3", "^4" or repo name)
 -> Excluding packages may cause partial upgrades and break systems
==> 
Sync Explicit (6): linux-zen-headers-6.8.4.zen1-1, linux-6.8.4.arch1-1, linux-headers-6.8.4.arch1-1, linux-lqx-6.8.4.lqx1-1, linux-lqx-headers-6.8.4.lqx1-1, linux-zen-6.8.4.zen1-1
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 endeavouros is up to date
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 multilib is up to date
 liquorix is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Package (6)                 Old Version    New Version    Net Change  Download Size

core/linux                  6.8.2.arch2-1  6.8.4.arch1-1   -0.11 MiB     132.16 MiB
core/linux-headers          6.8.2.arch2-1  6.8.4.arch1-1    0.01 MiB      25.31 MiB
liquorix/linux-lqx          6.7.12.lqx1-1  6.8.4.lqx1-1     1.51 MiB     143.30 MiB
liquorix/linux-lqx-headers  6.7.12.lqx1-1  6.8.4.lqx1-1     0.53 MiB      32.44 MiB
extra/linux-zen             6.8.2.zen2-1   6.8.4.zen1-1     0.01 MiB     136.79 MiB
extra/linux-zen-headers     6.8.2.zen2-1   6.8.4.zen1-1     0.01 MiB      26.08 MiB

Total Download Size:   496.08 MiB
Total Installed Size:  796.46 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:        1.95 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] Y
:: Retrieving packages...
 linux-lqx-6.8.4.lqx1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst failed to download
 Total (1/6)                          496.1 MiB  49.6 MiB/s 00:10 [------------------------------------] 100%
error: failed retrieving file 'linux-lqx-6.8.4.lqx1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from cdn.liquorix.net : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds
warning: failed to retrieve some files
error: failed to commit transaction (download library error)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
 -> error installing repo packages

Unfortunately still having the same issue.

Installed my other kernels separately, e.g. standard and zen first with no issues.

Then tried again, and using the disable the timeout option.

Now yay just hangs infinitely waiting for linux-lqx-6.8.4.lqx1-1-x86_64.

[damentz]

@erockce thanks for the confirmation, Cloudflare's R2 service is impaired at the moment. Using the normal mirror URL (https://liquorix.net), should work for now, I disabled the redirect to R2 per https://github.com/damentz/liquorix-package/issues/165#issuecomment-2041229259

[erockce]

Thank you.

I can confirm using https://liquorix.net allowed me to download and install the packages normally.

[niltooth]

Looks like i was already using the non-cdn url. I can also confirm this is working for me now. Thanks for the help, i'm too impatient to wait for the aur package to compile :)

[damentz]

I converted linking back to the CDN after testing aggressively, no timeout issues on my end. Previously I was able to reproduce it instantly.

@niltooth @erockce you can quickly test (if you're ok deleting your pacman cache), with: yes | sudo pacman -Scc; sudo pacman -Sw linux-lqx linux-lqx-headers linux-lqx-docs --noconfirm. Hitting up and rerunning will let you test it indefinitely.

[erockce]

@damentz, Looks like there's a minor version pkgbuild revision available for me (6.8.4.lqx1-1 -> 6.8.4.lqx1-2), so I tried to install it.

Unfortunately I'm still having issues.

 linux-lqx-6.8.4.lqx1-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst failed to download
error: failed retrieving file 'linux-lqx-6.8.4.lqx1-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from liquorix.net : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds

Full disclosure...I did not clear my package cache because I don't see how that is relevant to a network/hosting issue.

Also are we supposed to leave the /etc/pacman.conf configuration with https://liquorix.net or switch to https://cdn.liquorix.net now?

[damentz]

No, this was done at the hosting level. I reverted the change again. At this point I'll figure out how to get in contact with Cloudflare about this issue.

EDIT: As I was opening a case, their site informed me there's open maintenance for their Atlanta location: https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/m3w2gzynkygn from April 3rd to the 11th. That roughly lines up with when these issues started happening.

Before posting I'll wait for them to rescind their notice and try one more time and ask you guys to test for me. And since this appears to be a repeating issue, I'll not alter the hosting site. After the 11th (check the status link first as they may extend maintenance), please try downloads using the cdn.liquorix.net site.

[erockce]

@damentz because I no longer have timeouts pulling liquorix updates, I'm going to close this issue.

Thank you again for responding and being transparent of the underlying hosting problem. I hope Cloudflare resolves their issues so that you may be able to successfully provide the best performance to everyone around the world who wants to use your kernel patches!

[damentz]

After some more testing, the CDN appears to be working again. Just notifying you guys here that I made the change to redirect to Cloudflare, let me know if it gets busted again and I'll revert it.