Bug#779468: apt-spy: creates an invalid sources list

[Stefano Canepa]

All,
I was sure I abandoned apt-spy a while ago and agreed to remove it from
Debian. IMHO there is no a single reason with the new Debian infrastructure
to have a software like apt-spy.

All the best
Stefano


On 13 August 2017 at 08:48, Petter Reinholdtsen  wrote:

> This RC bug has caused apt-spy to be dropped from testing.  Do you plan to
> fix it in time for Buster?  The last update was in 2015.
> --
> Happy hacking
> Petter Reinholdtsen
>

Bug#779468: apt-spy: creates an invalid sources list

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

This RC bug has caused apt-spy to be dropped from testing.  Do you plan to
fix it in time for Buster?  The last update was in 2015.
-- 
Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen

Bug#779468: apt-spy: creates an invalid sources list

[David Prévot]

 On 1 March 2015 at 18:27, Vagrant Cascadian vagr...@debian.org wrote:
  On 2015-02-28, Manolo Díaz wrote:
 
   Also, it fails to update the mirror list due the the lack of
   http://http.us.debian.org/debian/README.mirrors.txt
 
  I think this is the main source of the problem. It seems that the
  mirrors no longer include README.mirrors.txt, and apt-spy needs to be
  patched to parse https://www.debian.org/mirror/list, which is in html
  format. Not sure how invasive that will be.

FWIW, the data source used to build this list is in the VCS (but I
wouldn’t bet on any stability from an URL on alioth):

https://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/webwml/webwml/english/mirror/Mirrors.masterlist?view=co

Regards

David


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Bug#779468: apt-spy: creates an invalid sources list

[Vagrant Cascadian]

On 2015-02-28, Manolo Díaz wrote:
 After showing a lot of lines like

   Couldn't find country AT . Skipping.
   Couldn't find country AU . Skipping.
   Couldn't find country BE . Skipping.
   ...

 your package creates a sources list file without any mirror. Example:

   deb (null) testing main #contrib non-free
   deb-src (null) testing main #contrib non-free

I can reproduce this by installing apt-spy in a clean chroot and
running apt-spy twice:

  # apt-spy -d jessie
  Creating mirror file: /var/cache/apt/mirrors.txt
  Updating...
  Grabbing file http://http.us.debian.org/debian/README.mirrors.txt...
  Error: 22: The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found
  Failed to download mirror list. Exiting.

  # apt-spy -d jessie
  Couldn't find country AT . Skipping.
  ...
  Couldn't find country ZA . Skipping.
  Writing new sources.list file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-spy.list


It doesn't seem to have error handling for the 404 Not Found, and
creates an empty mirrors.txt. The empty mirrors.txt created on the first
pass is then used on the second pass to create a broken
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-spy.list file.


 Also, it fails to update the mirror list due the the lack of
 http://http.us.debian.org/debian/README.mirrors.txt

I think this is the main source of the problem. It seems that the
mirrors no longer include README.mirrors.txt, and apt-spy needs to be
patched to parse https://www.debian.org/mirror/list, which is in html
format. Not sure how invasive that will be.


FWIW, apt-spy hasn't been uploaded or had a commit in git 3 years...


live well,
  vagrant


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Bug#779468: apt-spy: creates an invalid sources list

[Stefano Canepa]

I'm doing some work on it in these days.

Sorry for the long period I left it abandoned.

I have some changes already done locally. Will commit to git ASAP so at
least you can take a look at my work

Stefano


On 1 March 2015 at 18:27, Vagrant Cascadian vagr...@debian.org wrote:

 On 2015-02-28, Manolo Díaz wrote:
  After showing a lot of lines like
 
Couldn't find country AT . Skipping.
Couldn't find country AU . Skipping.
Couldn't find country BE . Skipping.
...
 
  your package creates a sources list file without any mirror. Example:
 
deb (null) testing main #contrib non-free
deb-src (null) testing main #contrib non-free

 I can reproduce this by installing apt-spy in a clean chroot and
 running apt-spy twice:

   # apt-spy -d jessie
   Creating mirror file: /var/cache/apt/mirrors.txt
   Updating...
   Grabbing file http://http.us.debian.org/debian/README.mirrors.txt...
   Error: 22: The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found
   Failed to download mirror list. Exiting.

   # apt-spy -d jessie
   Couldn't find country AT . Skipping.
   ...
   Couldn't find country ZA . Skipping.
   Writing new sources.list file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-spy.list


 It doesn't seem to have error handling for the 404 Not Found, and
 creates an empty mirrors.txt. The empty mirrors.txt created on the first
 pass is then used on the second pass to create a broken
 /etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-spy.list file.


  Also, it fails to update the mirror list due the the lack of
  http://http.us.debian.org/debian/README.mirrors.txt

 I think this is the main source of the problem. It seems that the
 mirrors no longer include README.mirrors.txt, and apt-spy needs to be
 patched to parse https://www.debian.org/mirror/list, which is in html
 format. Not sure how invasive that will be.


 FWIW, apt-spy hasn't been uploaded or had a commit in git 3 years...


 live well,
   vagrant

Bug#779468: apt-spy: creates an invalid sources list

[Manolo Díaz]

Package: apt-spy
Version: 3.2.2-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

Dear Maintainer,

After showing a lot of lines like

Couldn't find country AT . Skipping.
Couldn't find country AU . Skipping.
Couldn't find country BE . Skipping.
...

your package creates a sources list file without any mirror. Example:

deb (null) testing main #contrib non-free
deb-src (null) testing main #contrib non-free


Also, it fails to update the mirror list due the the lack of
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/README.mirrors.txt

Best Regards,
Manolo Díaz

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.0
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.19.0+ (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=es_ES.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_ES.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages apt-spy depends on:
ii  libc6 2.19-15
ii  libcurl3  7.38.0-4

apt-spy recommends no packages.

apt-spy suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information


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