Re: Error in the Debian archive.

Hello Mike!

On 12/31/21 05:21, Mike Hosken wrote:
> I’ve tried a number of emails to get this fixed and have had zero response
> from the alpha or the ftp master at debian ports over the last 3 months.

You most likely used outdated email addresses then. There is no "alpha master"
anymore, so I'm not sure what email address you used.

> I’m trying to mirror the debian ports repo as the connection speed is dreadful
> where I live to the main repos. It always fails to sync correctly due to an error
> with an alpha package that either needs removed or rebuilt. Any help with this
> would be very much appreciated as I’ve had zero luck getting it resolved elsewhere. 
> 
> rsync: send_files failed to open "pool-alpha/main/b/bustle/.bustle_0.4.8-1_alpha.deb.xRxejE" (in debian-ports): Permission denied (13)

Did you try syncing the repo with reprepro? I just checked the permissions on one
of the Debian mirrors and they seem to be fine:

glaubitz@casulana:/srv/mirrors/debian-ports/pool-alpha/main/b/bustle$ ls -l
total 4340
-rw-r--r-- 1 archvsync archvsync   14889 Oct  7 18:03 bustle_0.8.0-1+b2_alpha.buildinfo
-rw-r--r-- 1 archvsync archvsync 4365736 Oct  7 18:03 bustle_0.8.0-1+b2_alpha.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 archvsync archvsync   17216 Oct  7 18:03 bustle-pcap_0.8.0-1+b2_alpha.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 archvsync archvsync   39720 Oct  7 18:03 bustle-pcap-dbgsym_0.8.0-1+b2_alpha.deb
glaubitz@casulana:/srv/mirrors/debian-ports/pool-alpha/main/b/bustle$

Adrian