Experimental Sources.gz

[Damyan Ivanov]

-=| Joachim Breitner, 22.11.2013 09:26:33 +0000 |=-
> running pet upgrade on the pkg-haskell PET (which is PET2, 
> I believe)
> instance, I get:
> 
> Nov 22 09:24:26 fetchdata[14719]: Can't download ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/source/Sources.gz: File 'Sources.gz' not found
> Nov 22 09:24:26 fetchdata[14719]: Can't download ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/source/Sources.gz: File 'Sources.gz' not found
> Nov 22 09:24:27 fetchdata[14719]: Can't download ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/source/Sources.gz: File 'Sources.gz' not found
> Nov 22 09:24:28 fetchdata[14719]: Can't download ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/experimental/main/source/Sources.gz: File 'Sources.gz' not found
> 
> Presumably because the archive does not carry .gz files for experimental
> any more.

It seems otherwise to me.

First, changing ftp:// to http:// makes HEAD work.

Second, trying to fetch the files manually with ftp from alioth.d.o 
results in:

 ftp> dir
 200 EPRT command successful. Consider using EPSV.
 425 Failed to establish connection.
 ftp> get Sources.gz
 local: Sources.gz remote: Sources.gz
 200 EPRT command successful. Consider using EPSV.
 425 Failed to establish connection.

Using pftp (for passive transfers) isn't any better:

 229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||24661|).
 ftp: connect: Connection timed out

So it seems like network/firewall issue to me.

Perhaps libwww-perl doesn't handle this particular error very well, 
returning "not found".

> Is anyone still maintaining PET2?

Last commit is from Jun 2011 (a TODO item added). Maybe it just works? 
:)