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apt-mirror package

apt-mirror failing to download all files needed for install

Bug #1782214 reported by EdwardClay
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This bug affects 4 people
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apt-mirror (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

I've configured apt-mirror to mirror bionic and xenial using the following mirror.list file.

############# config ##################
#
# set base_path /var/spool/apt-mirror
#
# set mirror_path $base_path/mirror
# set skel_path $base_path/skel
# set var_path $base_path/var
# set cleanscript $var_path/clean.sh
# set defaultarch <running host architecture>
# set postmirror_script $var_path/postmirror.sh
# set run_postmirror 0
set nthreads 20
set _tilde 0
#
############# end config ##############

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb-i386 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main restricted universe multiverse
deb-i386 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-i386 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-i386 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
deb-i386 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb-i386 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main restricted universe multiverse
deb-i386 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-i386 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-i386 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
deb-i386 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse

clean http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu

After running apt-mirror as the apt-mirror user I then attempt to perform a network install from the local mirror. When I do so I get errors in the syslog of the isntall environement stating files are missing. Here is a list of files I've manually downloaded locally to attempt to get a local network install to complete.

apt-mirror-setup_0.104ubuntu5_all.udeb
apt-setup-udeb_0.104ubuntu5_amd64.udeb
base-installer_1.158ubuntu4_amd64.udeb
block-modules-4.15.0-20-generic-di_4.15.0-20.21_amd64.udeb

It appears that apt-mirror is not collecting all the needed files for a version as designed.

Revision history for this message
Olaf Seibert (oseibert-sys11) wrote :

Yes, it is also missing all files from http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/focal/main/installer-amd64/. Debmirror mirrors this if you give the --di option.

An additional difficulty is that the equivalent for http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic/main/installer-amd64/current/images/ for focal is http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/focal/main/installer-amd64/current/legacy-images/ because for some reason Ubuntu decided for an incompatible change.

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in apt-mirror (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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