Re: problems with debian & non-us mirrors?
On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 10:43:50AM +1000, Craig Sanders wrote:
> Net::FTP=GLOB(0x84ebe7c)>>> RETR dists/unstable/Contents-i386.gz
> Net::FTP=GLOB(0x84ebe7c)<<< 550 dists/unstable/Contents-i386.gz: No such file or directory
>
> the problem here seems to be that the dists/unstable/Contents-i386.gz file
> is missing.
If you look at the directory, ten other contents files for other
architectures are there, so this looks like a plain bug. You can report it
at ftpmaster@d.o.
> Net::FTP=GLOB(0x84ebee0)>>> CWD /debian-non-US
> Net::FTP=GLOB(0x84ebee0)>>> RETR dists/unstable/Release
> Net::FTP=GLOB(0x84ebee0)<<< 550 dists/unstable/Release: No such file or directory
> Net::FTP=GLOB(0x84ebee0)>>> RETR dists/unstable/Release.gpg
> Net::FTP=GLOB(0x84ebee0)<<< 550 dists/unstable/Release.gpg: No such file or directory
> Net::FTP=GLOB(0x84ebee0)>>> RETR dists/stable/Release
> Net::FTP=GLOB(0x84ebee0)<<< 550 dists/stable/Release: No such file or directory
> Net::FTP=GLOB(0x84ebee0)>>> RETR dists/stable/Release.gpg
> Net::FTP=GLOB(0x84ebee0)<<< 550 dists/stable/Release.gpg: No such file or directory
>
> looks like there's no Release file for stable or unstable here. not good.
That mirroring tool apparently doesn't know the structure of the directory
tree of debian-non-US archives. There's a "non-US/" path component missing.
Either way, debian-non-US has been de facto comatose for a while and there
isn't much interest in reviving it (and understandably so). If you just
skipped mirroring it and left it as is, nobody would notice...
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