I have tested the version of apt-mirror from ppa:slashd/test and can confirm that with the updates Eric added it now works on bionic.
** Description changed: - since ubuntu disco, main repositories contains 'cnf' directory with 'Commands*' files. - those files are compressed with xy, whereas apt-mirror 0.5.1 doesn't contain the patch which enable download of .xz compressed files : https://github.com/apt-mirror/apt-mirror/commit/a17949ca2592678aa18e263241108e431fed6c4e - it should be backported, as we can have servers on 16.04 doing mirrors for people using recent distros. without that, it's impossible to migrate from osmic to disco using a mirror done by xenial's apt-mirror. + [Impact] - ProblemType: Bug - DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 - Package: apt-mirror 0.5.1-1ubuntu1 - ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-145.171-generic 4.4.176 - Uname: Linux 4.4.0-145-generic x86_64 - ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18 - Architecture: amd64 - Date: Mon Apr 22 00:33:41 2019 - InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-09-18 (215 days ago) - InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 16.04.5 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20180731) - PackageArchitecture: all - ProcEnviron: - SHELL=/bin/bash - TERM=xterm-256color - PATH=(custom, no user) - LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 - XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> - SourcePackage: apt-mirror - UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) + * since ubuntu disco, main repositories contains 'cnf' directory with + 'Commands*' files. those files are compressed with xy, whereas apt- + mirror 0.5.1 doesn't contain the patch which enable download of .xz + compressed files + + * Without this update, users are not able to mirror newer releases of + Ubuntu. + + [Test Case] + + * On any release of Ubuntu install apt-mirror and add this line to + /etc/apt/mirror.list: + + deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates main restricted + universe multiverse + + * sync the mirror using `apt-mirror` + + * Attempt to run `apt update` against the mirror. The result will be + similar to: + + ... + Err:7 http://10.3.0.41/ubuntu eoan-updates/main amd64 c-n-f Metadata + 404 Not Found [IP: 10.3.0.41 80] + Ign:14 http://10.3.0.41/ubuntu eoan-updates/multiverse amd64 c-n-f Metadata + Ign:15 http://10.3.0.41/ubuntu eoan-updates/universe amd64 c-n-f Metadata + Ign:16 http://10.3.0.41/ubuntu eoan-updates/restricted amd64 c-n-f Metadata + Reading package lists... Done + E: Failed to fetch http://10.3.0.41/ubuntu/dists/eoan-updates/main/cnf/Commands-amd64 404 Not Found [IP: 10.3.0.41 80] + E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. + ... + + * Updating the apt-mirror package from ppa:slashd/test and then re- + running the `apt-mirror` command will then allow a successful `apt + update`. + + [Regression Potential] + + * The regression potential is low since the package doesn't currently + work properly anyway. ** Changed in: apt-mirror (Ubuntu Bionic) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: apt-mirror (Ubuntu Eoan) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: apt-mirror (Ubuntu Focal) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: apt-mirror (Ubuntu Groovy) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: apt-mirror (Ubuntu Groovy) Status: Confirmed => Triaged ** Changed in: apt-mirror (Ubuntu Focal) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: apt-mirror (Ubuntu Eoan) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: apt-mirror (Ubuntu Bionic) Status: New => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1825755 Title: apt-mirror in all versions (including disco and last from github) doesn't mirror Commands-* files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-mirror/+bug/1825755/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
