Hi ! Answer follow. On 2021-05-18 12:17 p.m., Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > On 5/18/21, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> wrote: >> Hi ! >> I can't seem to get the debian security updates repository using debmirror. >> It did work for me to get the standard repository, with both amd64 and >> i386 plus the sources. >> But I can't do it with security.debian.org >> It just wait for ever and will fail. >> >> Got any hint ? >> Here's my command name >> >> debmirror --method=https --progress --debug --verbose >> --dist="buster/updates" --section="main" --arch="amd64,i386" --source >> --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg >> --host="security.debian.org" --diff=mirror /dpkg/security/ >> >> Got any hint ? > > > Try this maybe? > > http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ > The answer was finally half-half... You gave me the first. If you enter --host="security.debian.org/debian-security" then you get the following : Name or service not known But if you add --root="debian-security" and use --host="security.debian.org" and use the method http (at least for me) Then if seem to work great :) > The one you're currently using redirects to an informational text > page. This second one from my apt-get sources opens to the kind of > downloadable packages you might be seeking. > > One of the things I learned early on with ALL Linux distributions was > to play with visiting the repository pages in person to get a feel for > their layouts. On rare occasions, I've used that method to download > problem packages when all other methods of installation were failing. > *shhhh* :) > > Cindy :) > Thanks for the hint, I forgot to do this on this time. I normally wander around trying to find the "dists" folder to give me a base. PM :) -- Polyna-Maude R.-Summerside -Be smart, Be wise, Support opensource development
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