Well he discovered how to get them functioning again. Tahr, Lucid, Debian etc.
The working recipe is:
1. Update the Database First.
2. Close the Puppy Package Manager.
3. Locate in ~/.packages/DISTRO_COMPAT_REPOS TXT FILE and open it up.
4. Where you find instances of, eg for ubuntu bases: http://archive.ubuntu.com (example below)
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PKG_DOCS_DISTRO_COMPAT="
z|http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/${DISTRO_COMPAT_VERSION}/main/binary-${DBIN_ARCH}/Packages.${DDB_COMP}|Packages-${DISTRO_BINARY_COMPAT}-${DISTRO_COMPAT_VERSION}-main
z|http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/${DISTRO_COMPAT_VERSION}/universe/binary-${DBIN_ARCH}/Packages.${DDB_COMP}|Packages-${DISTRO_BINARY_COMPAT}-${DISTRO_COMPAT_VERSION}-universe
z|http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/${DISTRO_COMPAT_VERSION}/multiverse/binary-${DBIN_ARCH}/Packages.${DDB_COMP}|Packages-${DISTRO_BINARY_COMPAT}-${DISTRO_COMPAT_VERSION}-multiverse
"
REPOS_DISTRO_COMPAT="
z|http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu|Packages-${DISTRO_BINARY_COMPAT}-${DISTRO_COMPAT_VERSION}-*
http://old-releases.ubuntu.com
5. Save the txt file.
6. Open The PPM and Update Once More.
7. Test and Report if possible.