Re: how to download old edition

["Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net>]

Hi,

Kamil Jońca wrote:
> Recently I tried to download old sarge jigdo images.
> [...]
> ‘./debian-31r8-i386-binary-14.iso.tmpdir/us.cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/snaps
> hot/Debian/pool/main/z/zope-quotafolder/zope-quotafolder_0.1.1-1_all.deb’
> saved [16726/16726]
>
> Found 0 of the 1 files required by the template

You are not the first to run into this packaging glitch.

The package with that name was once overwritten by a newer version.
So a file with that name can be found and downloaded, but it does not
match the MD5 which is recorded for it in the ISO's .jigdo and .template
files.

jigdo-lite's messages are not overly helpful in this case.

Try jigdo-lite with "Debian mirror"

  http://archive.debian.org/debian-amd64

Although this is amd64 and not i386, the package matches, because it is
of "Architecture: all".

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If you are interested in the long story, there is a mailing list thread.

Initial complaint about a m68k ISO:
  https://lists.debian.org/debian-68k/2020/05/msg00011.html
and later about debian-31r8-i386-binary-14.jigdo
  https://lists.debian.org/debian-68k/2020/05/msg00042.html
First steps towards success:
  https://lists.debian.org/debian-68k/2020/05/msg00033.html
Easier location from where to obtain:
  https://lists.debian.org/debian-68k/2020/05/msg00040.html
which is:
  http://archive.debian.org/debian-amd64/pool/main/z/zope-quotafolder/zope-quotafolder_0.1.1-1_all.deb

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If for some reason no mirror is available for an old package which can
be downloaded from somewhere else, you may use the
  "Files to scan:"
question of jigdo-lite, as i practiced in:

  https://lists.debian.org/debian-68k/2020/05/msg00037.html

With files from questionable sources one should verify the resulting ISO
by more checksums beyond MD5.


Have a nice day :)

Thomas