Re: debootstrap from parisc-linux.org
On 04/17/2013 09:48 PM, Will Deacon wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 09:00:00PM -0400, John David Anglin wrote:
>> On 16-Apr-13, at 7:14 PM, Will Deacon wrote:
>>> After discovering the joy that is the debian-ports archive, I saw a
>>> recent
>>> post on this list which suggested using ftp.parisc-linux.org instead:
>>
>> Actually, you should use ftp.parisc-linux.org in addition to what's on
>> ports. What's on ftp.parisc-linux.org
>> is far from complete but it's a huge step forward.
>
> I'm not sure it's possible to debootstrap from multiple archives, but I'll
> bear that in mind if I get that far. I tried bootstrapping from
> debian-ports, but that results in a hideous mess. I also get lots of
> warnings from the kernel complaining about inconsistent aliases, which
> suggests something might be miscompiled too.
>
>>> Would it be possible to shuffle things around on the mirror please?
>>> It'd be
>>> great to have something recent working again, as I'm still on Sarge...
>>
>>
>> At the moment, I don't think we have an InRelease file. I also don't
>> know how we would generate
>> or maintain it. However, it's probably needed if we are going to get
>> a buildd going again. Maybe Helge
>> knows how to do this.
>
> AFAICT, an InRelease file isn't needed if you have Release and Release.gpg
> (we do). If they are moved under dists/, then that should be enough to get
> past this roadblock, although I think the Packages file will also need some
> work (probably regenerating) so that it doesn't include paths relative to
> the current directory.
Hi Will,
As suggested by Steve I have now set up reprepro, which should put the files
in the correct places.
Maybe you want to try again?
You would need both repos:
http://ftp.parisc-linux.org/debian-ports/debian unstable main
http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian unstable main
Helge
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