automatic compression of files
Hi,
We use the aarnet.edu.au mirror for Debian packages, which is not an
official mirror. I've noticed today the installation of a VM isn't working.
I think it may be because when I download
http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/debian/dists/wheezy/main/i18n/Translation-en,
I get a bz2 compressed file instead. I've also noticed that at
http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/debian/dists/wheezy/main/i18n/ the
uncompressed file isn't listed.
I don't think the Debian installer expects that. The
http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/debian/dists/wheezy/Release file
suggests I should be able to download either main/i18n/Translation-en or
main/i18n/Translation-en.bz2.
I suspect if the main/i18n/Translation-en download failed, the installer
would then try the bz2 download, and it might proceed.
I compared this with ftp.au.debian.org and ftp.nz.debian.org. It seems
ftp.au.debian.org is behaving just like mirror.aarnet.edu.au, but
ftp.nz.debian.org is returning a 404 on
http://ftp.nz.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/main/i18n/Translation-en.
Does anyone have any comments on whether the debian installer should
support this (I am running an older Debian Wheezy installer)?
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Geoff Crompton, System Administrator
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Trinity College | University of Melbourne | Royal Parade, Parkville |
Victoria 3052, Australia
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