Re: Failed getting release file... http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/dists/jessie/Release

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 1:03 PM, Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> wrote:
> On 2016-06-21 12:05 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to setup an X32 test system. I'm following the
>> instructions at https://wiki.debian.org/X32Port.
>>
>> When I invoke the debootstrap command:
>>
>> debootstrap --arch=x32
>> --keyring=/usr/share/keyrings/debian-ports-archive-keyring.gpg Jessie
>> debian-x32 http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/
>>
>> It results in:
>>
>> Failed getting release file
>> http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/dists/jessie/Release
>>
>> This has not worked in a few months.
>>
>> I'm not behind a proxy. A browser cannot open the path, either.
>
> Because there is no jessie suite for x32 (or any other architecture on
> debian-ports, for that matter), use unstable instead.
>
> I have updated the information on the wiki.

Thanks.

Changing Jessie to sid results in other problems. Something about
sysvinit-utils:amd64. I don't know if its syscall.x32=y or the
Cinnamon desktop, but its making my life hell because I am a Debian an
admin.

Does Debian have a first class, X32 ISO image yet?

Jeff