Bug#590993: installation-reports: netboot install report broken mirror if installation CD is used as mirror
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 01:07:18PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: tags 590993 patch thanks It would be better if debian-cd was modified to only include the symlink for the suite actually specified in the Release file. The attached patch (tested) implements this. Cool, thanks. Applying it now. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com There's no sensation to compare with this Suspended animation, A state of bliss -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#590993: installation-reports: netboot install report broken mirror if installation CD is used as mirror
Frans Pop wrote: reassign 590993 debian-cd severity 590993 normal thanks Since you are trying something that's not really supported, this is certainly *not* a grave issue. After all, a CD image is not a mirror even if both contain a repository. It is correct that the error occurs because CD images have symlinks for all suites to the release (codename) included on the CD. This is mostly for historic reasons and no longer has any purpose (since current versions of the installer select by codename instead of suite). In a bit more detail. The latest versions of choose-mirror (including the current Etch and Lenny versions) perform validity checks on the Release files and will reject a mirror as broken if the Release file under a suite symlink lists a different suite inside the Release file. It would be better if debian-cd was modified to only include the symlink for the suite actually specified in the Release file. Reassigning accordingly. Looks like my whole attempt to use the ISO image as netboot installation source is futile, as the files are not signed on the CD, so netinst gives up in the next step. This can be worked around by telling the installer to ignore the signatures. See the installation guide for details. Cheers, FJP -- Rainer Glaschick email: rai...@glaschick-pb.de tel: +49 5254 6238 Paderborn, Germany Persönliche nichtöffentliche Nachricht / personal private message -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#590993: installation-reports: netboot install report broken mirror if installation CD is used as mirror
Please excuse that I have sent back the original message to all; this was not intended and a mistake that should not have happened. And thank you, I now understand the case. Rainer Frans Pop wrote: reassign 590993 debian-cd severity 590993 normal thanks Since you are trying something that's not really supported, this is certainly *not* a grave issue. After all, a CD image is not a mirror even if both contain a repository. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#590993: installation-reports: netboot install report broken mirror if installation CD is used as mirror
tags 590993 patch thanks It would be better if debian-cd was modified to only include the symlink for the suite actually specified in the Release file. The attached patch (tested) implements this. diff --git a/tools/start_new_disc b/tools/start_new_disc index cf00344..779f242 100755 --- a/tools/start_new_disc +++ b/tools/start_new_disc @@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ fi if [ ! -d $CDDIR/dists/$CODENAME ] ; then mkdir -p $CDDIR/dists/$CODENAME -for name in stable unstable frozen testing; do - ln -sf $CODENAME $CDDIR/dists/$name -done fi # Commodity link for tools which want local in dists/local/local ... @@ -336,6 +333,12 @@ if [ -e $MIRROR/dists/$CODENAME/Release ] ; then sed -i -e s/^Suite: .*$/Suite: stable/ dists/$CODENAME/Release sed -i -e s/^Description: .*$/Description: Debian $DEBVERSION Released $RDATE/ dists/$CODENAME/Release fi + + # Create the suite symlink + SUITE=$(sed -n /^Suite:/ s/.*: //p dists/$CODENAME/Release) + if [ -n $SUITE ] [ x$SUITE != x$CODENAME ]; then + ln -sf $CODENAME dists/$SUITE + fi else echo ERROR: Release file ($MIRROR/dists/$CODENAME/Release) is missing ! exit 1
Bug#590993: installation-reports: netboot install report broken mirror if installation CD is used as mirror
Package: installation-reports Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable -- Package-specific info: Boot method: network Image version: http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/i386/ Date: Date and time of the install Machine: VMware Partitions: not yet reached Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [O] Detect network card:[O] Configure network: [O] Detect CD: [ ] Load installer modules: [ ] Detect hard drives: [ ] Partition hard drives: [ ] Install base system:[ ] Clock/timezone setup: [ ] User/password setup:[ ] Install tasks: [ ] Install boot loader:[ ] Overall install:[E] Comments/Problems: Tried to do a netboot installation using the 5.05 xfce+lxde image (obtained from http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.5/i386/bt-cd/debian-505-i386-xfce+lxde-CD-1.iso.torrent) as installation medium by loop-mounting the iso image and providing it locally as http://192.168.212.1/debian/ This is refused as invalid (see tail of syslog). Output on running wget -q http://192.168.212.1/debian//dists/testing/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):' Suite: stable Output on running wget -q http://ftp.debian.org/debian//dists/testing/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):' Suite: testing Seems that linking all Release files to the same on the xfce+lxed installation CD is not appropriate. Removing the linked releases solves the problem. So this is finally a problem caused of the builders of the xfce+lxde image; however, the distribution selection is very picky and refuses installation even if there are still vaild Release files. Because it stuck me in the installation for hours, I kept the severity as grave. (Tried this already in 5.04 and gave up then). -- Syslog output: Jul 30 20:59:04 syslogd started: BusyBox v1.10.2 Jul 30 20:59:04 kernel: klogd started: BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 1:1.10.2-2) Jul 30 20:59:04 kernel: [0.00] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu Jul 30 20:59:04 kernel: [0.00] Linux version 2.6.26-2-486 (Debian 2.6.26-23) (da...@debian.org) (gcc version 4.1.3 20080704 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-25)) #1 Sat Jun 12 02:15:32 UTC 2010 . (skipped) Jul 30 21:01:24 anna-install: Queueing udeb apt-mirror-setup for later installation Jul 30 21:01:40 choose-mirror[2236]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://192.168.212.1/debian//dists/oldstable/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):' Jul 30 21:01:40 choose-mirror[2236]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://192.168.212.1/debian//dists/stable/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):' Jul 30 21:01:40 choose-mirror[2236]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://192.168.212.1/debian//dists/lenny/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):' Jul 30 21:01:40 choose-mirror[2236]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://192.168.212.1/debian//dists/testing/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):' Jul 30 21:01:40 choose-mirror[2236]: WARNING **: broken mirror: invalid Suite or Codename in Release file for testing Jul 30 21:01:48 main-menu[1072]: (process:2228): wget: server returned error: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Jul 30 21:01:48 main-menu[1072]: INFO: Menu item 'choose-mirror' succeeded but requested to be left unconfigured. Jul 30 21:01:48 main-menu[1072]: DEBUG: resolver (libc6-udeb): package doesn't exist (ignored) Jul 30 21:01:48 main-menu[1072]: DEBUG: resolver (libc6): package doesn't exist (ignored) Jul 30 21:01:51 main-menu[1072]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for auto-install Jul 30 21:01:51 main-menu[1072]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for ai-choosers Jul 30 21:01:51 main-menu[1072]: INFO: Menu item 'save-logs' selected -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#590993: installation-reports: netboot install report broken mirror if installation CD is used as mirror
Looks like my whole attempt to use the ISO image as netboot installation source is futile, as the files are not signed on the CD, so netinst gives up in the next step. Rainer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#590993: installation-reports: netboot install report broken mirror if installation CD is used as mirror
reassign 590993 debian-cd severity 590993 normal thanks Since you are trying something that's not really supported, this is certainly *not* a grave issue. After all, a CD image is not a mirror even if both contain a repository. It is correct that the error occurs because CD images have symlinks for all suites to the release (codename) included on the CD. This is mostly for historic reasons and no longer has any purpose (since current versions of the installer select by codename instead of suite). In a bit more detail. The latest versions of choose-mirror (including the current Etch and Lenny versions) perform validity checks on the Release files and will reject a mirror as broken if the Release file under a suite symlink lists a different suite inside the Release file. It would be better if debian-cd was modified to only include the symlink for the suite actually specified in the Release file. Reassigning accordingly. Looks like my whole attempt to use the ISO image as netboot installation source is futile, as the files are not signed on the CD, so netinst gives up in the next step. This can be worked around by telling the installer to ignore the signatures. See the installation guide for details. Cheers, FJP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
