Not able to set an empty --root option
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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debmirror (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
Release: 14.04
debmirror:
Installiert: 1:2.16ubuntu1.1
Installations
Versionstabelle:
*** 1:2.16ubuntu1.1 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
1:2.16ubuntu1 0
500 http://
Following command will be executed:
debmirror /srv/debmirror/
--method=http \
--nosource \
--root=/ \
--host=
--dist=
--section=main \
--arch=amd64,i386 \
--check-gpg \
--verbose \
--keyring=
--postcleanup \
--rsync-extra=none \
2>&1 | egrep -v '(Warning: --rsync-extra is not configured to mirror the trace files|This configuration is not recommended)'
And gives the following error:
Mirroring to /srv/debmirror/
Arches: amd64,i386
Dists: trusty,precise
Sections: main
Pdiff mode: use
Will clean up after mirroring.
Attempting to get lock ...
Getting meta files ...
[ 0%] Getting: dists/trusty/
[ 0%] Getting: dists/precise/
Errors:
Download of dists/trusty/
Download of dists/precise/
Failed to download some Release or Release.gpg files!
WARNING: releasing 1 pending lock...
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The Problem is, there is no option to unset --root, because it defaults to /ubuntu.
If you try to fetch the file http://
If you fetch http://
At first I would say "The puppet repo is a broken piece of ..." but it would be nice to set it empty. I also tried to set --root=. but this expands to http://
Any suggestions?
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.