[Bug 977126] Re: debootstrap is unable to install debian lenny

[Patrick Frank]

The problem is simple: Debian moves their releases when they are old to
http://archive.debian.org/ and that is where you need to point your
debootstrap to.

debootstrap <...> lenny /root/lenny http://archive.debian.org/debian

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Title:
  debootstrap is unable to install debian lenny

Status in “debootstrap” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  rupert at rupert-ThinkPad-T420:/var/schroot$ sudo debootstrap --variant=buildd --arch amd64 lenny /var/chroot/lenny
  I: Retrieving Release
  E: Failed getting release file http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/Release

  Even pointing out to mirror of lenny leads to an error

  rupert at rupert-ThinkPad-T420:/var/schroot$ sudo debootstrap --variant=buildd --arch amd64 lenny /var/chroot/lenny http://debian.atman.pl/debian
  I: Retrieving Release
  E: Invalid Release file, no valid components

  rupert at rupert-ThinkPad-T420:/var/schroot$ sudo debootstrap --variant=buildd --arch amd64 lenny /var/chroot/lenny http://download.proxmox.com/debian/
  I: Retrieving Release
  E: Invalid Release file, no valid components

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: debootstrap 1.0.39
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-22.35-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-22-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Apr  9 13:01:38 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120327.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: debootstrap
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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