It is possible to bypass the default root entry by creating
/etc/debmirror.conf with the following entry:
# Taken from /usr/share/doc/debmirror/examples/debmirror.conf
$remoteroot="";
# The config file must return true or perl complains.
# Always copy this.
1;
However, debmirror still fails with
It is possible to override the --root option by creating an
/etc/debmirror.conf file with the appropriate entry to override the
default:
# Taken from /usr/share/doc/debmirror/examples/debmirror.conf
$remoteroot="";
# The config file must return true or perl complains.
# Always copy this.
1;
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