hi Richard, after trying all day to bend jigdo to my will, I have to throw up my hands in exasperation and tell you jigdo is not ready for primetime. I understand you are a volunteer and as such what you've attempted to create is commendable, but what you've told us jigdo is intended to do and what it actually does are entirely different things. The most common problem with jigdo I've found is that what is specified in the .jigdo file to be downloaded to complete the image is not an accurate reflection of what actually exists on the corresponding mirror. For example, when I used the .jigdo from:
ftp://ftp.fsn.hu/pub/CDROM-Images/debian-unofficial/sid/jigdo/ which was linked from: http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/#which to get the Debian Sid ISO image, no matter which corresponding mirror I specified I got the same error message: "Aaargh - <n> files could not be downloaded. This should not happen!". I searched the web to figure out a solution, and when I tried to rsync my temporary iso with an actual iso, I got multiple error messages because the rsync syntax for the server is different from the syntax posted at: http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/#faq I tried: rsync --verbose --progress rsync://ftp.fsn.hu/pub/CDROM-Images/debian-unofficial/sid/sid-i386-1.iso debian-20040601-i386-binary-1.iso I got: You can access the archive using 'rsync' program like rsync -av ftp.fsn.hu::[Module]/path/to/the/files with no explanation of what [Module] is in reference to. I tried "Debian", "Sid", "Unstable", in place of the "Module" all to no avail. I saw your post: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg06700.html where you tell a user to try and get the files from the Debian snapshot mirror, so I compared one of the missing files that could not be downloaded: ftp://ftp.fsn.hu/debian/pool/main/m/mutt/mutt_1.5.6-1_i386.deb...No such file `mutt_1.5.6-1_i386.deb'. with what exists: http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2004/06/10/debian/pool/main/m/mutt/mutt_1.5.6-20040523+2_i386.deb I guess I could edit the .jigdo file to reflect what actually exists, but how am I to generate the md5: 2Vz6uhSEq3fld7RfFss-dg=Debian:pool/main/m/mutt/mutt_1.5.6-1_i386.deb After failing to get the Debian Sid ISO image with jigdo, I was able to download the Debian Sarge ISO image with jigdo, but this only works with an official .jigdo and mirror. I humbly request that jigdo compare what's in the .jigdo with what exists on the mirror and let you know in advance that some files cannot be downloaded so as to prevent others from experiencing what I had to go through. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
