Running
sudo debootstrap --variant=buildd gutsy /genera http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
with the following in /etc/schroot/schroot.conf
[gutsy] description=gutsy directory=/genera root-users=naman type=directory users=naman
results in
I: Retrieving Release I: Retrieving Release.gpg I: Checking Release signature I: Valid Release signature (key id 630239CC130E1A7FD81A27B140976EAF437D05B5) I: Retrieving Packages I: Validating Packages W: Retrying failed download of http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/main/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2 I: Retrieving Packages I: Validating Packages W: Retrying failed download of http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/main/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2 I: Retrieving Packages I: Validating Packages W: Retrying failed download of http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/main/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2 I: Retrieving Packages I: Validating Packages W: Retrying failed download of http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/main/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2
and so on. The Packages.bz2 file is not corrupt and can be checked by
$ wget http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/main/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2 --2015-11-12 08:18:18-- http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/main/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2 Resolving old-releases.ubuntu.com (old-releases.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.88.17 Connecting to old-releases.ubuntu.com (old-releases.ubuntu.com)|91.189.88.17|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 1070422 (1.0M) [application/x-bzip2] Saving to: ‘Packages.bz2’ 100%[=====================================================================>] 10,70,422 35.5KB/s in 20s 2015-11-12 08:18:39 (51.2 KB/s) - ‘Packages.bz2’ saved [1070422/1070422]
$ bzip2 -tvv Packages.bz2 Packages.bz2: [1: huff+mtf rt+rld] [2: huff+mtf rt+rld] [3: huff+mtf rt+rld] [4: huff+mtf rt+rld] [5: huff+mtf rt+rld] [6: huff+mtf rt+rld] [7: huff+mtf rt+rld] [8: huff+mtf rt+rld] ok
The same procedure has been tested for Hardy and Feisty and it works in both cases, Gutsy is the only case where it seems to fail.
Running
sudo debootstrap --variant=buildd gutsy /genera http:// old-releases. ubuntu. com/ubuntu
with the following in /etc/schroot/ schroot. conf
[gutsy]
description=gutsy
directory=/genera
root-users=naman
type=directory
users=naman
results in
I: Retrieving Release FD81A27B140976E AF437D05B5) old-releases. ubuntu. com/ubuntu/ dists/gutsy/ main/binary- amd64/Packages. bz2 old-releases. ubuntu. com/ubuntu/ dists/gutsy/ main/binary- amd64/Packages. bz2 old-releases. ubuntu. com/ubuntu/ dists/gutsy/ main/binary- amd64/Packages. bz2 old-releases. ubuntu. com/ubuntu/ dists/gutsy/ main/binary- amd64/Packages. bz2
I: Retrieving Release.gpg
I: Checking Release signature
I: Valid Release signature (key id 630239CC130E1A7
I: Retrieving Packages
I: Validating Packages
W: Retrying failed download of http://
I: Retrieving Packages
I: Validating Packages
W: Retrying failed download of http://
I: Retrieving Packages
I: Validating Packages
W: Retrying failed download of http://
I: Retrieving Packages
I: Validating Packages
W: Retrying failed download of http://
and so on. The Packages.bz2 file is not corrupt and can be checked by
$ wget http:// old-releases. ubuntu. com/ubuntu/ dists/gutsy/ main/binary- amd64/Packages. bz2 old-releases. ubuntu. com/ubuntu/ dists/gutsy/ main/binary- amd64/Packages. bz2 ubuntu. com (old-releases. ubuntu. com)... 91.189.88.17 ubuntu. com (old-releases. ubuntu. com)|91. 189.88. 17|:80. .. connected. x-bzip2] ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ====>] 10,70,422 35.5KB/s in 20s
--2015-11-12 08:18:18-- http://
Resolving old-releases.
Connecting to old-releases.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1070422 (1.0M) [application/
Saving to: ‘Packages.bz2’
100%[==
2015-11-12 08:18:39 (51.2 KB/s) - ‘Packages.bz2’ saved [1070422/1070422]
$ bzip2 -tvv Packages.bz2
Packages.bz2:
[1: huff+mtf rt+rld]
[2: huff+mtf rt+rld]
[3: huff+mtf rt+rld]
[4: huff+mtf rt+rld]
[5: huff+mtf rt+rld]
[6: huff+mtf rt+rld]
[7: huff+mtf rt+rld]
[8: huff+mtf rt+rld]
ok
The same procedure has been tested for Hardy and Feisty and it works in both cases, Gutsy is the only case where it seems to fail.