Re: debootstrap says Packages was corrupt

2007-05-21 Thread Neale Banks
On Mon, 21 May 2007, Daniel Baumann wrote: > Before, I was creating the Packages files, and did a 'gzip -c -9 > Packages > Packages.gz' to compress them. If I do them with 'cat > Packages | gzip --best > Packages.gz', like debian-cd does it, then it > works. Turns out this wasn't my problem (at

Re: debootstrap says Packages was corrupt

2007-05-21 Thread Daniel Baumann
Neale Banks wrote: > Extremely weird indeed - and raises the question of just how should we > generate Packages[.gz] which are acceptable to the current install tools. > Any suggestions? Before, I was creating the Packages files, and did a 'gzip -c -9 Packages > Packages.gz' to compress them. If

Re: debootstrap says Packages was corrupt

2007-05-19 Thread Neale Banks
On Sat, 19 May 2007, Daniel Baumann wrote: > Steve McIntyre wrote: > > Hmmm. These look *very* similar to issues I've seen in the last few > > months while hacking on debian-cd: > > > > * shortcomings in busybox gunzip (#402482) > > thanks ;) > > i suspected 'corrupted' indices (or, indicies n

Re: debootstrap says Packages was corrupt

2007-05-18 Thread Daniel Baumann
Steve McIntyre wrote: > Hmmm. These look *very* similar to issues I've seen in the last few > months while hacking on debian-cd: > > * shortcomings in busybox gunzip (#402482) thanks ;) i suspected 'corrupted' indices (or, indicies not the way d-i wants them) rather than corrputed busybox, beca

Re: debootstrap says Packages was corrupt

2007-05-18 Thread Steve McIntyre
Joey Hess wrote: > >Neale Banks wrote: >> May 18 00:29:38 debootstrap: >/target/var/lib/apt/lists/debootstrap.invalid_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages: > No such file >or directory >> May 18 00:29:38 debootstrap: >/target/var/lib/apt/lists/debootstrap.invalid_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Package

Re: debootstrap says Packages was corrupt

2007-05-18 Thread Daniel Baumann
Joey Hess wrote: > This suggests that a deb is corrupt or is not being loaded properly, > since debootstrap uses ar to extract the first set of debs. i even get those errors if I just 'unpack' the image, and re-assemble it, without changing any .deb or .udeb. as the initrd.gz is also unchanged, i

Re: debootstrap says Packages was corrupt

2007-05-18 Thread Daniel Baumann
Daniel Baumann wrote: > I only updated /dists/etch/Release, which one did I miss? as said on irc, the arch Release file in /dists/etch/main/binary-*/Release do not need to be changed, and have no influence to this bug anyway. -- Address:Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberi

Re: debootstrap says Packages was corrupt

2007-05-18 Thread Joey Hess
Neale Banks wrote: > May 18 00:29:38 debootstrap: > /target/var/lib/apt/lists/debootstrap.invalid_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages: > No such file or directory > May 18 00:29:38 debootstrap: > /target/var/lib/apt/lists/debootstrap.invalid_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages: > No such file

Re: debootstrap says Packages was corrupt

2007-05-18 Thread Daniel Baumann
Joey Hess wrote: > You do know there are two separate Release files that need to be > updated? I only updated /dists/etch/Release, which one did I miss? -- Address:Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: http://people.panther

Re: debootstrap says Packages was corrupt

2007-05-18 Thread Joey Hess
Daniel Baumann wrote: > same problem here, but *with* updated (and correct) Release file. You do know there are two separate Release files that need to be updated? -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: debootstrap says Packages was corrupt

2007-05-18 Thread Frans Pop
On Friday 18 May 2007 17:54, Daniel Baumann wrote: > Frans Pop wrote: > > If you change the Packages file, you also need to update the md5sum > > and size in the Release file. > > same problem here, but *with* updated (and correct) Release file. > > would it be of any help uploading a sample iso?

Re: debootstrap says Packages was corrupt

2007-05-18 Thread Daniel Baumann
Frans Pop wrote: > If you change the Packages file, you also need to update the md5sum and > size in the Release file. same problem here, but *with* updated (and correct) Release file. would it be of any help uploading a sample iso? -- Address:Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-456

Re: debootstrap says Packages was corrupt

2007-05-18 Thread Frans Pop
On Friday 18 May 2007 04:53, Neale Banks wrote: > But... I added a few more debs to the pool and rebuilt Packages[.gz] > with apt-ftparchive - now debootstrap complains: If you change the Packages file, you also need to update the md5sum and size in the Release file. pgplb5BSfm8zx.pgp Descripti

debootstrap says Packages was corrupt

2007-05-17 Thread Neale Banks
Hi, I've been, mostly successfully, customising the etch Netinst with preseeding. But... I added a few more debs to the pool and rebuilt Packages[.gz] with apt-ftparchive - now debootstrap complains: "Warning: file:///cdrom/dists/etc/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz was corrupt" and "Warning: file://