-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 20 March 2003 03:40 am, Patrick Strasser wrote: > Paul Mansfield wrote: > > I downloaded the jigdo files from here: > > ftp://ftp.fsn.hu/pub/CDROM-Images/debian-unofficial/sarge-dvd/jigdo/sar > >ge-i3 86-1.jigdo > > as referenced from here: > > > > However, when I run jigdo-lite against this file > > sarge-i386-1.jigdo > > JIGDO File > > 247 KB > > 08/03/2003 16:48:00 > > > > I get lots of 404s, I have tried a variety of debian mirrors. > > DVD images seem to be not available ATM. Last ones were built Nov. 22 > 2002. > > A lot of packages change in sarge frequently, so images have to rebuilt > often. The packages then disapear from archives/mirrors, as they are > replaced by newer ones. Sarge-images from FSN.hu have a fallback > mechanism built in, but this only works two wekks at most. You won't get > outdated packages from any other server! And if FSN.hu does not have > them in the fallback directory, you won't get them any more. > > Conclusion: You can download the jigdo files, but ou can't build the > images. Try CD images. > > Wouldn't it be better to move the old images to less intuitive place and > leave some message in sarge-dvd, so people don't try to download them? > Are the old images usefull at all? > > Patrick
The last jigdo update on ftp://fsu.hu was on 3/8/03. This may still be to 'old' to build though. The readme suggests that these images are auto-gernerated weekly, something must have changed for this weeks edition. - -- Greg Madden -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+eiG7k7rtxKWZzGsRArfPAKCs7XFIsoHcF1BceJmlnSteSm0cGACfSovf /lkS5FrveGIgLjqM9y3knGY= =sje+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
