Re: debmirror failing to download sources (*.orig.*)

[Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>]

Hi,

On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 08:20:57PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> Gday, here's my debmirror cmd:
> 
> /usr/bin/debmirror --source --i18n --exclude='/Translation-.*\.bz2$'
> --include/Translation-(en).*\.bz2$' --exclude-deb-section=games
> --exclude-deb-section=debug --exclude-deb-section=news --verbose
> --progress --arch=amd64,i386
> --section=main,main/debian-installer,contrib,non-free
> --dist=wheezy,sid --host=ftp.iinet.net.au --method=ftp
> --root=debian/debian /public/debian/debian
> 
> (above should be a single line)
> 
> Here is the output (somewhat abbreviated since I deleted
> /public/debian/debian/.temp):
> Mirroring to /public/debian/debian from
> ftp://anonymous@ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/
> Arches: amd64,i386
> Dists: wheezy,sid
> Sections: main,main/debian-installer,contrib,non-free
> Including source.
> Pdiff mode: use
> Will clean up after mirroring.
> Attempting to get lock ...
> Updating remote trace files (using rsync) ...
> iiNet Rsync Server

I do not know why but you asked for ftp method but rsync is used.
 
> - Only have one rsync connection Per IP
> - No more then two rsync updates of a package per day
> 
> Excessive connections may result in your IP being firewalled for 24 hours.

They do not like using rsync this way.

Please check:
         /etc/debmirror.conf
         ~/.debmirror.conf