The issue this bug was originally about debmirror failing when using debian-installer was resolved in debmirror version 1:1.0.1 which has been available since Lucid. Furthermore, I tested this using the following command with debmirror from Natty:
(natty-i386)root@flash:/tmp/debmirror-2.4.6ubuntu1# debmirror --host=ubuntu.osuosl.org --method=http --dist=karmic --section=multiverse,main/debian-installer --ignore-release-gpg ../crap/ gpgv: keyblock resource `/root/.gnupg/trustedkeys.gpg': file open error gpgv: Signature made Wed Oct 28 07:23:20 2009 PDT using DSA key ID 437D05B5 [GNUPG:] ERRSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 17 2 00 1256739800 9 [GNUPG:] NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5 gpgv: Can't check signature: public key not found As you'll note I received no errors during the mirroring process. Subsequently, I am setting the bug report to Fix Released. ** Changed in: debmirror (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/34376 Title: missing main/debian-installer in repo causes debmirror to fail -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs