On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 02:28:25PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 10:28:56AM +0200, Chris Halls wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 10:15:54PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > > But, I can't figure out what I should tell the netinstall software when it > > > asks me to specify a mirror. Some particulars of my system: > > > > > The url of the host running apt-proxy is cmn.lan.gnu . > > > A sample line in a using host sources.list is > > > deb http://cmn.lan.gnu:9999/main woody main contrib non-free > > > > > What do I type on a newly attached machine to get it to make use > > > of the apt-cache for a net install of sarge? Or is this proto-feature > > > not implemented? > > > > Quoting from apt-proxy's README: > > > > --------- > > Q: What else is apt-proxy known to work with? How do I configure it? > > [...] > > A2: debootstrap, which uses wget. This means you can easily install new > > machine using the packages out of your apt-proxy cache. In boot floppies, > > specify http://APTPROXY:9999/main as your debian mirror (replacing APTPROXY > > with the name or IP address of the machine where apt-proxy is running). > > --------- > > > > In your case, tell it your debian mirror is at: > > > > http://cmn.lan.gnu:9999/main > > > Thanks, Chris, but there is more to my problem. I used the above line, and > it lead me to report a bug against install, which was promptly squashed by > Sebastian Ley. When I applied his input to my apt-proxy, I got different > error messages that indicated install was actually finding my apt-proxy, > but did not approve of its internal structure, e.g. > "404 File not found", > "403 Forbidden", > "404 Unknown extension". > > Here is the meat of my apt-proxy.conf. It may be badly/foolishly done: > > # Configuration for apt-proxy, with most comments removed > # for compact help request post > > APT_PROXY_CACHE=/sdb5/cache/apt-proxy > > add_backend /main/ \ > $APT_PROXY_CACHE/debian/ \ > http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ \ > http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu/debian/ \ > http://lyre.mit.edu/debian/ \ > http://debian.rutgers.edu/ > > add_backend /debian-non-US/ \ > $APT_PROXY_CACHE/debian-non-US/ \ > http://non-us.debian.org/ \ > http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ \ > http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian-non-US/ > > add_backend /security/ \ > $APT_PROXY_CACHE/security/ \ > http://security.debian.org/ \ > http://non-us.debian.org/debian-security/ > > add_backend /openoffice/ \ > $APT_PROXY_CACHE/openoffice/ \ > http://ftp.sk.debian.org/openoffice-debian/ > > CLEANUP_DAYS=180 > CLEAN_SWEEP=360 > MAX_VERSIONS=3 > BACKEND_FREQ=240 > RSYNC_TIMEOUT=30 > WGET_TIMEOUT=30 > #WGET=wget > #RSYNC=rsync > KEEP_STATS=1 > DEBUG=true > <end> > > Here is du output that shows the top 3 levels of the actual directory > layout: > > 1904 /sdb5/cache/apt-proxy/debian/dists/woody > 2612 /sdb5/cache/apt-proxy/debian/dists/sarge > 4520 /sdb5/cache/apt-proxy/debian/dists > 1804 /sdb5/cache/apt-proxy/debian/.apt-proxy-filelists > 35284 /sdb5/cache/apt-proxy/debian/pool/contrib > 355336 /sdb5/cache/apt-proxy/debian/pool/main > 390624 /sdb5/cache/apt-proxy/debian/pool > 396952 /sdb5/cache/apt-proxy/debian > 220 /sdb5/cache/apt-proxy/security/dists/stable > 56 /sdb5/cache/apt-proxy/security/dists/testing > 280 /sdb5/cache/apt-proxy/security/dists > 112 /sdb5/cache/apt-proxy/security/.apt-proxy-filelists > 48032 /sdb5/cache/apt-proxy/security/pool/updates > 48036 /sdb5/cache/apt-proxy/security/pool > 48432 /sdb5/cache/apt-proxy/security > 44 /sdb5/cache/apt-proxy/openoffice/dists/woody > 40 /sdb5/cache/apt-proxy/openoffice/dists/sarge > 88 /sdb5/cache/apt-proxy/openoffice/dists > 24 /sdb5/cache/apt-proxy/openoffice/.apt-proxy-filelists > 116 /sdb5/cache/apt-proxy/openoffice > 96 /sdb5/cache/apt-proxy/debian-non-US/dists/woody > 60 /sdb5/cache/apt-proxy/debian-non-US/dists/sarge > 160 /sdb5/cache/apt-proxy/debian-non-US/dists > 48 /sdb5/cache/apt-proxy/debian-non-US/.apt-proxy-filelists > 212 /sdb5/cache/apt-proxy/debian-non-US > 445716 /sdb5/cache/apt-proxy > <end> > > Here is the sources.list from a host that appears to use this apt-proxy successfully: > deb http://cmn.lan.gnu:9999/security stable/updates main contrib non-free > deb http://cmn.lan.gnu:9999/main woody main contrib non-free > deb http://cmn.lan.gnu:9999/debian-non-US woody/non-US main contrib non-free > deb http://cmn.lan.gnu:9999/openoffice woody main contrib > > deb http://cmn.lan.gnu:9999/security testing/updates main contrib non-free > deb http://cmn.lan.gnu:9999/main sarge main contrib non-free > deb http://cmn.lan.gnu:9999/debian-non-US sarge/non-US main contrib non-free > deb http://cmn.lan.gnu:9999/openoffice sarge main contrib > <end> > > I'm hoping that someone can spot the errors in my work, and tell > me what I should have in apt-proxy.conf. And I hope I can populate > a correctly configured apt-proxy without downloading all this again. > > PS. I don't know why the first 'add_backend' is differently > configured than the others. It's what I did, and I stopped fiddling > when it started working. I am not at all confident of my understanding > of this. > > Thanks. >
Replying to my own post with more information. I notice that the first three files that are downloaded during a netinstall are userdevfs, pcmcis-cs-udeb, and libc-udeb. I can't find any of these in ftp.us.debian.org . I suspect that there is another fork, recently introduced into the debian package repository directory structure, and I need to add something to sources.list in order to populate the packages, and resources files within my apt-proxy. Does this make sense? What should I add? -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
