Public bug reported: I use mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt in my sources.list so I am always using the closest mirrors regardless of where I am. I think it would also be especially useful with Tor so the mirrors closest to the exit nodes would be used.
However when I attempt to use sources.list lines such as this: deb tor+mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt bionic main restricted universe multiverse apt starts errorring: Reading package lists... Done E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/tor+mirror could not be found. N: Is the package apt-transport-tor installed? E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/tor+mirror could not be found. N: Is the package apt-transport-tor installed? E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/tor+mirror could not be found. N: Is the package apt-transport-tor installed? E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/tor+mirror could not be found. N: Is the package apt-transport-tor installed? E: Failed to fetch tor+mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt/dists/bionic/InRelease E: Failed to fetch tor+mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt/dists/bionic-updates/InRelease E: Failed to fetch tor+mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt/dists/bionic-security/InRelease E: Failed to fetch tor+mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt/dists/bionic-backports/InRelease E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. I think better solution would be for me to use Ubuntu mirrors that are Tor hidden services (Debian offers them, https://tor.debian.org/) but as far as I can see, they don't exist and neither does anything like httpredir.debian.org (which is improved version of mirror://?). I understand that this is the wrong place to ask, but is Ubuntu planning to run either hidden service mirrors or their own instance of httpredir? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: apt-transport-tor 0.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-34.37-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Thu Sep 20 12:59:39 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-30 (142 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: apt-transport-tor UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: apt-transport-tor (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic mirrors third-party-packages tor -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1793495 Title: apt-transport-tor doesn't handle tor+mirror:// lines in sources.list To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-transport-tor/+bug/1793495/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
