Bug 403219 – sys-apps/debianutils-4.0.3: debianutils_4.0.3.tar.gz no longer exists on mirrors

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo/Alt

[Description Richard Yao (RETIRED) 2012-02-11 22:48:10 UTC]

debianutils_4.0.3.tar.gz is no longer on the Debian mirrors or the Gentoo mirrors. A user in #gentoo-prefix passed this information to me. It breaks new Gentoo Prefix installs.

[Comment 1 Eric Nichols 2012-02-12 01:17:18 UTC]

I'm the user who reported the issue in #gentoo-prefix, I was able to get past the problem by having the distfile provided to me and it seems to work fine.  Naturally, as already stated, this should be fixed since I searched extensively and couldn't find any public mirrors still hosting it.

[Comment 2 Richard Yao (RETIRED) 2012-02-12 02:29:39 UTC]

I am mirroring the file temporarily at my university. Anyone that needs it can get it from the following address:

http://www.cs.stonybrook.edu/~ryao/debianutils_4.0.3.tar.gz

This is on a strictly temporary basis, so please don't treat it as a long term mirror.

[Comment 3 Benda Xu 2012-02-12 05:00:57 UTC]

This bug is similar as 368313. \n The update of ebuild is non trivial considering debianutils-4-nongnu.patch. \n I have tried to use sys-apps/debianutils-4.2.1 directly from gentoo-x86 in a GNU prefix without problem. \n @grobian, what should be the long term solution, include the nongnu patch into x86?

[Comment 4 Richard Yao (RETIRED) 2012-02-12 07:03:09 UTC]

I have since confirmed this issue firsthand.

Until a more permanent solution is found, I suggest talking to infrastructure about reintroducing the tarball on the mirrors.

[Comment 5 Fabian Groffen 2012-02-12 08:10:18 UTC]

we should just upload the tarfile to the mirrors, and try to get newer debianutils going :/

[Comment 6 Fabian Groffen 2012-02-12 08:12:18 UTC]

short-term fix applied, uploaded and whitelisted