In the last couple of days my attempts to run
apt-get update
yield much less stuff then I expected.
I tried to verify this with another debian mirror, namely
ftp.debian.org, and indeed got different results. Of course this might
be due to the fact that the linux-il mirror and ftp.debian.org are not
synchronized. Yet I believe there is a problem. Here is what I hope
will be a lead:
** With the linux-il mirror,
ftp> ls pub/mirrors/debian/dists/unstable
227 Entering Passive Mode (192,117,122,34,57,29).
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
lrwxrwxrwx 1 508 mirror 3 Nov 3 2001
pub/mirrors/debian/dists/unstable -> sid
226 Transfer complete.
ftp> ls pub/mirrors/debian/dists/sid
227 Entering Passive Mode (192,117,122,34,57,60).
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
-rw-r--r-- 1 508 mirror 4840225 Jul 28 14:08 Contents-i386.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 508 mirror 26714 Jul 28 14:08 Release
-rw-r--r-- 1 508 mirror 197 Jul 28 14:08 Release.gpg
drwxrwsr-x 4 508 mirror 4096 Jan 11 2002 contrib
drwxrwsr-x 5 508 mirror 4096 Jan 11 2002 main
drwxrwsr-x 4 508 mirror 4096 Jan 11 2002 non-free
226 Transfer complete.
ftp>
** With the other mirror,
ftp> ls debian/dists/unstable
227 Entering Passive Mode (208,185,25,38,41,222)
150 Here comes the directory listing.
-rw-rw-r-- 1 1176 1176 4281651 Jul 29 19:52
Contents-alpha.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 1176 1176 4173894 Jul 30 19:52 Contents-arm.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 1176 1176 4062523 Jul 30 19:56 Contents-hppa.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 1176 1176 2824890 Jul 30 19:40
Contents-hurd-i386.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 1176 1176 4862419 Jul 30 19:46 Contents-i386.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 1176 1176 4185226 Jul 29 19:41 Contents-ia64.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 1176 1176 4232642 Jul 29 19:46 Contents-m68k.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 1176 1176 4009353 Jul 31 19:39 Contents-mips.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 1176 1176 4006654 Jul 31 19:43
Contents-mipsel.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 1176 1176 4335001 Jul 31 19:49
Contents-powerpc.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 1176 1176 4184008 Jul 28 19:24 Contents-s390.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 1176 1176 2354798 Jul 28 19:21 Contents-sh.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 1176 1176 4199095 Jul 28 19:27
Contents-sparc.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 1176 1176 26714 Jul 31 19:51 Release
-rw-r--r-- 1 1176 1176 197 Jul 31 19:51 Release.gpg
drwxrwsr-x 16 1176 1176 4096 Jan 11 2002 contrib
drwxrwsr-x 17 1176 1176 4096 Jan 11 2002 main
drwxrwsr-x 16 1176 1176 4096 Jan 11 2002 non-free
226 Directory send OK.
ftp>
I have checked and unstable is a soft link to sid on ftp.debian.org
too.
Therefor it is my guess that the fact that the linux-il mirror just
shows the link while the other mirror follows it is the cause of my
problems. Does this make sense?
I probably could have work around this by having other entries in my
configuration file. However I do believe that every Debian mirror
should exhibit the same behavior. Besides, IIRC the linux-il
mirror used to work the same as the other mirror not so long ago.
--
Shaul Karl, [EMAIL PROTECTED] e t
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