Bug#745142: debootstrap functions rely on Packages file existing (it doesn't in lenny archive)
Package: debootstrap
Version: not this one. different system. latest testing version.
Severity: normal
PLEASE IGNORE THE VERSION NUMBERS OF PACKAGES. THE VERSION BEING
USED IS ON A DIFFERENT SYSTEM FROM THE SYSTEM BEING USED TO REPORT
THE BUG.
on a debian/testing system the following command is failing:
debootstrap --arch i386 lenny /chrootlennyi386 http://archive.debian.org/debian
the reason why it is failing is because at the following location
there is no file Packages:
http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/binary-i386/
the script therefore gets to only the 6th line
"Validating Packages" and terminates
"Couldn't download dists/lenny/binary-i386/Packages"
.... quite rightly... because the file doesn't exist.
this would therefore seem to defeat the object of having lenny
(and earlier) debootstrap scripts entirely.
perhaps there is somewhere an official debian archive which contains
the Packages file? perhaps these have been overlooked?
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.13-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages debootstrap depends on:
ii wget 1.14-5
Versions of packages debootstrap recommends:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2012.4
ii gnupg 1.4.9-3+lenny1
debootstrap suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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