[Pkg-ltsp-devel] Bug#704190: ltsp-build-client fails because of error in packages downloading stage

[Vagrant Cascadian]

Control: reassign 704190 ltsp-server
Control: retitle 704190 ltsp-build-client fails because of apt GPG error
Control: severity 704190 wishlist
Control: tags 704190 -confirmed

On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 07:48:28AM +0100, Peter Tuharsky wrote:
> Running the ltsp-build-client --arch i386
> dosen't generate valid client image, thus rendering the ltsp package useless. I
> suspect that there is either problem with missing apt commandline parameter, or
> with invalid GPG signature, or both.
> 
> Details:
> When the command reaches the apt stage, it reports:
> 
> Get:1 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release.gpg [836 B]
> Get:2 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release [101 kB]
> Get:3 http://cdn.debian.net wheezy Release.gpg [836 B]
> Hit http://cdn.debian.net wheezy Release
> Ign http://cdn.debian.net wheezy Release
...
> W: GPG error: http://cdn.debian.net wheezy Release: The following signatures
> were invalid: BADSIG AED4B06F473041FA Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key
> (6.0/squeeze) <ftpmaster at debian.org>
...
> E: There are problems and -y was used without --force-yes
> error: LTSP client installation ended abnormally

Looks like it failed to download the Release file entirely...  There's nothing
ltsp-build-client is doing with apt specific to ltsp...

I was unable to reproduce the problem running "ltsp-build-client --arch i386".

Errors like this are usually caused by transient network problems, or an out of
sync mirror (i.e. cdn.debian.net probably returns a different mirror for you
that it did for me).

Try with a different mirror redirector:

  ltsp-build-client --arch i386 --mirror http://http.debian.net/debian

Or a specific mirror:

  ltsp-build-client --arch i386 --mirror http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian


The best ltsp-build-client could to do handle broken mirrors or out of date
mirrors, or networking problems, is re-attempting "apt-get update" a few times
in the hopes that they get "fixed" somehow, or falling back to an alternate
mirror... but that's not something to be implemented this late in the freeze
for wheezy.


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  vagrant