Re: problem retrieving packages with debootstrap.

[Guillaume Yziquel <guillaume.yziquel@citycable.ch>]

> Frans Pop a écrit :
> > On Thursday 27 August 2009, Guillaume Yziquel wrote:
> >
> > > However, I've repreatedly been unable to use debootstrap to create a
> > > new base.tgz. There's always a package I cannot download. For instance,
> > > here, it's cpio.
> >
> > Are you using debootstrap or cdebootstrap? The second is default, but 
> > the first is, at least in my experience, more reliable.
>
> I'm using debootstrap as far as I know.
>
> > Also, can you reproduce the error if you use debootstrap outside 
> > pbuilder? If you can, I suggest you check the log in the subdirectory 
> > debootstrap of target directory.

The command I use is

pbuilder create --debootstrapopts --variant=buildd --basetgz base.tgz

I do not know how it translats in term of debootstrap.

> > The most likely causes are:
> > - temporary broken dependencies in unstable: wait until they get resolved

That's probably not the issue: 'broken' packages would take turns way 
too fast.

> > - unreliable mirror: try using a different one
>
> I: Checking component main on http://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian...

How do you change the mirror you're using?

> > - unreliable network connection
>
> This is most probably the issue. However, is there any way to make use 
> debootstrap reliable on unreliable connections? Like increasing 
> timeouts, retrying, etc...?

This information would be extremely useful.

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     Guillaume Yziquel
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