debian-cd package broken? (hamm)

[Pann McCuaig <pann@ssc.com>]

OK, I have a few questions.  Background:

We have a mirror (debian.ssc.com for those on the west coast who hadn't
noticed) which makes on-site installs a breeze. However, we have
employees who'd like to install Debian at home, so I thought "Gee, we
have a mirror, why don't I just burn a CD or two?"

Question 1:  Why??

hamm: debian-cd_2.0.3.deb
slink: debian-cd_2.0.2.deb

Question 2: (the words "hack" and "frozen" both make me nervous in this
             context)

There is a line in 'Configuration':

# This is not the released version
STATUS=frozen
 
which I changed to 
STATUS=stable

and there is a comment in 'Rules':

# Create a dists/ subdir in debian/ subdir of the tmpdir.
define init-dists
# Hack for frozen
	(cd $(ARCHIVE); cp -dpRPl dists/$(STATUS) $(TMPDIR_MAIN)/debian)
	-ln -s $(STATUS) $(TMPDIR_MAIN)/debian/dists/stable
	-ln -s ../hamm $(TMPDIR_MAIN)/debian/dists/hamm
endef

Question/Comment 3:

I want to burn a hamm CD. I execute 'make binary-i386' and
/usr/src/debian-cd/Rules breaks down because it wants to copy
fips15.zip and fips15c.zip, but the only file available for it is
/home/ftp/pub/debian/tools/fips20.zip. OK, I fixed that. (But perhaps
the script should be fixed?)

Question 4:

Now things move along swimmingly until mkiofs takes off. I guess it's
assigning alternate file names. Here is the output, starting with the
last line that looks correct to me, followed by a line that looks broken
to me, and ending with the abend of the make.

Using HFSUTILS.000;1 for
/home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/debian/hamm/hamm/binary-i386/otherosfs/hfsutils_3.1-3.deb
(hfsutils-tcltk_3.1-3.deb)
Using 2_0.000 for
/home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/debian/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-17
(2.0.10_1998-07-21)
Using RESC1440.000;1 for
/home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/debian/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-21/resc1440tecra-fast.bin
(resc1440.bin)
Using RESC1440.001;1 for
/home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/debian/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-21/resc1440.bin
(resc1440tecra.bin)
Using RESC1440.002;1 for
/home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/debian/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-21/resc1440tecra.bin
(resc1440-fast.bin)
Using RESC1440.000;1 for
/home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/debian/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-17/resc1440.bin
(resc1440tecra.bin)
Using RESC1440.000;1 for
/home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/install/resc1440tecra.bin
(resc1440tecra-fast.bin)
Using RESC1440.001;1 for
/home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/install/resc1440tecra-fast.bin
(resc1440.bin)
Using RESC1440.002;1 for
/home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/install/resc1440.bin (resc1440-fast.bin)
Unable to open disc image file
make: *** [binary-i386] Error 1

Any enlightenment would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
 Pann
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