Hello,
Some time in the last 24 hours, archive.debian.org started returning
403 Forbidden when used as an APT repository:
$ sudo apt-get update
Ign http://archive.debian.org squeeze Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://archive.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/contrib Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://archive.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/non-free Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.debian.org squeeze Release
Ign http://archive.debian.org squeeze/main i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.debian.org squeeze/contrib i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.debian.org squeeze/non-free i386 Packages
Err http://archive.debian.org squeeze/main i386 Packages
403 Forbidden [IP: 2001:630:206:4000:1a1a:0:c13e:ca1c 80]
Err http://archive.debian.org squeeze/contrib i386 Packages
403 Forbidden [IP: 2001:630:206:4000:1a1a:0:c13e:ca1c 80]
Err http://archive.debian.org squeeze/non-free i386 Packages
403 Forbidden [IP: 2001:630:206:4000:1a1a:0:c13e:ca1c 80]
W: Failed to fetch
http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz
403 Forbidden [IP: 2001:630:206:4000:1a1a:0:c13e:ca1c 80]
W: Failed to fetch
http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.gz
403 Forbidden [IP: 2001:630:206:4000:1a1a:0:c13e:ca1c 80]
W: Failed to fetch
http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.gz
403 Forbidden [IP: 2001:630:206:4000:1a1a:0:c13e:ca1c 80]
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones
used instead.
According to:
http://archive.debian.org/README
"The following releases are archived on this site:
Archive Releases Directory
Debian buzz, rex, bo, hamm,
slink, potato, woody,
sarge, etch, lenny,
squeeze debian/"
however, I am seeing this with lenny and squeeze¹.
Is this intentional?
If not, who should the problem be reported to?
Cheers,
Andy
¹ Yes, these ancient machines should be upgraded. The people that own
them refuse to and I don't have authority to carry out that work
at this time.
