Hi, On Wed, 10 Jun 2015, Holger Levsen wrote: > httpredir as used for security-tracker.debian.org has some problems updating > some Packages files, _sometimes_. IOW: i've seen this working on my laptop, > but not when deployed on soler. The url exists... (or rather it does as > Packages.gz, > so it seems apt-update-file has some magic here too...) but it repeatedly > failed like this. (or similar for other targets too)
The URL does not exist but Apache's configuration make it exist on most mirrors: $ curl -I http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/contrib/binary-sparc/Packages HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 19:28:42 GMT Server: Apache/2.2.22 (Debian) Content-Location: Packages.bz2 This is Apache's "MultiViews" making the URL work. I guess that you are redirected on a mirror that might not use Apache or where this option is not enabled. $ curl -I http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/contrib/binary-sparc/Packages HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 19:35:23 GMT Server: Apache Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 I would suggest to always use the Packages.gz / Sources.gz URL directly. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Support Debian LTS: http://www.freexian.com/services/debian-lts.html Learn to master Debian: http://debian-handbook.info/get/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
