2009-09-13 Defects in apt-spy and associated documentation
1. [normal] Man apt-spy states that the default location for the -m argument is /var/lib/apt-spy/mirrors.txt. That statement is false. I found the file in /var/cache/apt-spy/mirrors.txt. 2. [normal] Man apt-spy state that the -i option defines the location of the input file and that the input file should be created with the -w option. But the description fails to mention any purpose or use of "the input file". There appears to be no such purpose given that -f, -m, and -u define all of the files that apt-spy is supposed to use as inputs. 3. [normal] When run as "apt-spy -d lenny -s us" it tests one single url, that being ftp.us.debian.org despite the fact that mirrors.txt many mirrors and lists several members of the ftp.us.debian.org pool. And when run with "-d lenny -s ca,us" it tests all of the canadian mirrors, but only ftp.us.debian.org in the United States. 4. [important] It only tests with ftp. There appears to be no method to persuate it to test with http as the man documentation suggests it should. 5. [normal] None of the output files contain any of the metric information on which a user might based decisions regarding the contents of sources.list. 6. [important] Some configurations, which I cannot reliably cause, produce entries of the form "(null)" in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-spy.list. There are no error or warning messages associated with the error condition. Submitted by Lee Winter NP Engineering Nashua, New Hampshire -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
