Re: what servers to use sarge dvd jigdo files?
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On Thursday 20 March 2003 03:40 am, Patrick Strasser wrote:
> Paul Mansfield wrote:
> > I downloaded the jigdo files from here:
> > ftp://ftp.fsn.hu/pub/CDROM-Images/debian-unofficial/sarge-dvd/jigdo/sar
> >ge-i3 86-1.jigdo
> > as referenced from here:
> >
> > However, when I run jigdo-lite against this file
> > sarge-i386-1.jigdo
> > JIGDO File
> > 247 KB
> > 08/03/2003 16:48:00
> >
> > I get lots of 404s, I have tried a variety of debian mirrors.
>
> DVD images seem to be not available ATM. Last ones were built Nov. 22
> 2002.
>
> A lot of packages change in sarge frequently, so images have to rebuilt
> often. The packages then disapear from archives/mirrors, as they are
> replaced by newer ones. Sarge-images from FSN.hu have a fallback
> mechanism built in, but this only works two wekks at most. You won't get
> outdated packages from any other server! And if FSN.hu does not have
> them in the fallback directory, you won't get them any more.
>
> Conclusion: You can download the jigdo files, but ou can't build the
> images. Try CD images.
>
> Wouldn't it be better to move the old images to less intuitive place and
> leave some message in sarge-dvd, so people don't try to download them?
> Are the old images usefull at all?
>
> Patrick
The last jigdo update on ftp://fsu.hu was on 3/8/03. This may still be to
'old' to build though. The readme suggests that these images are
auto-gernerated weekly, something must have changed for this weeks edition.
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Greg Madden
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