debootstrap failing ( part of fai )

[Henning Sprang]

Hi,


On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 16:16 -0800, Satyen Sheth wrote:
> [...]
> Problem:
> 
> - debootstrap fails since it can't find the file 'Release'
> 
> Options used for debmirror:
> 
> allopt="$debug --ignore-missing-release --ignore-release-gpg --passive
> --getcontents --nosource --arch=$arch --ignore=disks-$arch/ --verbose
> --md5sums"
> 
> 
> * debootstrap works when you point to a mirror (not local - ie
> https.us.debian.org)
> 
> 
> -I've also tried to create the mirror _without_ the
> '--ignore-missing-release --ignore-release-gpg' flags and fai-setup
> fails with the same message
> -I've also tried to use 'debmirror < arch targetdir> .... fails with
> same error cited.
> -under my target dir 'debmirror' there is a directory '.temp' the
> Release and Release.gpg files are sync'ed in there. ( this would be
> all of the meta data )
>   I believe.
> [...]

It seems at least obvious that something's wrong with your mirror.
I remember debmirror being a bit tricky. I am not a real debmirror
expert, but to be able to say more about your problem, some questions:

- are there any error messages when running debmirror?
- can you use your local mirror on an installed machine, by putting it
in the /etc/apt/sources.list and installing some packages from it?
- did you really do exactly what is described in "man debmirror"?
- I am using the mkdebmirror helper script that comes with FAI
successfully - did you try that?

Henning