Public bug reported: According to the manpage (and to me using it):
-s, --section=foo[,bar,..] Specify the section of Debian to mirror. Defaults to "main,contrib,non-free,main/debian-installer". According to the debian glossary (and other usage), "section" is something like "kde" or "games": https://wiki.debian.org/Glossary#section Which is consistent with its usage in debian/control files: "Section". debmirror seems to mean "component". Furthermore, in the debmirror man page, it uses "section" correctly, but calls it "Debian Section": --exclude-deb-section=regex Never download any files whose Debian Section (games, doc, oldlibs, science, ...) match the regex. May be used multiple times. Functionally, this means I can't just mirror the section "base" without doing --exclude-deb-section=kde,games,... ** Affects: debmirror (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1382708 Title: debmirror uses the term "section" inconsistently To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debmirror/+bug/1382708/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
