Re: Testing distribution ISOs via Bittorrent
On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 05:57:26PM -0400, Keith Browne wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to download the latest set of binary ISOs for the
> i386/testing distribution, using Bittorrent. I've downloaded the
Please ask on debian-cd not debian-www.
> torrent files at http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/weekly/torrents/i386/ ,
> but unfortunately I get a "connection refused" error when I try to
> connect to the tracker.
I suggest to use jigdo files. So you can reuse packages from older
image sets.
> I'm not trying to install the ISOs just at the moment; I'm interested in
> analyzing the package metadata for its dependency/conflict graph, among
> other things. I'm not looking for user-friendly installation
OK. I suggest you look directly at the package files which can be found
in /var/lib/apt/lists after apt-get update. These files contain
dependencies, ... and are only a few MB large.
Since the last generated CD/DVD image is more than 3 weeks old I suggest
to wait for a new set.
> instructions, or pointers to more stable snapshots; I'd really just like
> to be able to grab these ISOs from the testing distro.
Jens
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