Missing jessie/main s390x Packages

[Joe A Fowler]

The jessie/main s390x Packages seem to be missing?

Installed jessie within a Dockerfile, and the apt-get update.
Receive
Ign http://deb.debian.org jessie InRelease
Get:1 http://deb.debian.org jessie-updates InRelease [7340 B]
Get:2 http://security.debian.org jessie/updates InRelease [44.9 kB]
Get:3 http://deb.debian.org jessie Release.gpg [2420 B]
Get:4 http://deb.debian.org jessie Release [148 kB]
Err http://deb.debian.org jessie/main s390x Packages

Err http://deb.debian.org jessie/main s390x Packages

Err http://deb.debian.org jessie/main s390x Packages
404 Not Found
Fetched 203 kB in 3s (53.3 kB/s)
W: Failed to fetch
http://security.debian.org/debian-security/dists/jessie/updates/InRelease
Unable to find expected entry 'main/binary-s390x/Packages' in Release file
(Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)

W: Failed to fetch
http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie-updates/InRelease Unable to
find expected entry 'main/binary-s390x/Packages' in Release file (Wrong
sources.list entry or malformed file)

W: Failed to fetch
http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/main/binary-s390x/Packages 404
Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old
ones used instead.

This worked a few months ago, failing now with the missing packages. When
did this go away? Was it intentional?



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[Dimitri John Ledkov]

Post by Joe A Fowler
The jessie/main s390x Packages seem to be missing?

jessie is end of life, and moved off mirrors.

The current stable release is stretch.

You can query this info automatically with:

$ debian-distro-info --stable
stretch

Similarly for Ubuntu too.

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

Hmmmm.... I was afraid it might be something like that. Going to stretch might be an option
depending the the gpg level... Will have to investigate.
Thank you....

Why be scared of gpg? both are provided in all the recent Ubuntu and
Debian releases, as gnupg & gnupg1 packages.

Installing gnupg1 package and using /usr/bin/gpg1 shouldn't be too
much of a stretch 😉 ? or like symlinking ~/bin/gpg to /usr/bin/gpg1
for the affected user only.

[Joe A Fowler]

Thank you very much! Will look into that!
Love the play on the word 'stretch'

Regards..

"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools speak because
they have to say somthing" -- Plato

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IBM Systems Group - Developer for Z Hyper Protect Hosting Appliance


[phone] T/L 8-444-6664

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From: Dimitri John Ledkov <***@debian.org>
To: Joe A Fowler <***@us.ibm.com>
Cc: "Debian S/390 Team" <debian-***@lists.debian.org>
Date: 04/24/2019 07:15 PM
Subject: Re: Missing jessie/main s390x Packages

Hmmmm.... I was afraid it might be something like that. Going to stretch might be an option
depending the the gpg level... Will have to investigate.
Thank you....

Why be scared of gpg? both are provided in all the recent Ubuntu and
Debian releases, as gnupg & gnupg1 packages.

Installing gnupg1 package and using /usr/bin/gpg1 shouldn't be too
much of a stretch 😉 ? or like symlinking ~/bin/gpg to /usr/bin/gpg1
for the affected user only.


--
Regards,

Dimitri.

[Joe A Fowler]

The problem is we require 2.0, and stretch is using 2.1. 1.4 is not
needed.
Is there a way to install 2.0 on stretch?


"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools speak because
they have to say somthing" -- Plato

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Joe Fowler

IBM Systems Group - Developer for Z Hyper Protect Hosting Appliance


[phone] T/L 8-444-6664

***@us.ibm.com








From: Dimitri John Ledkov <***@debian.org>
To: Joe A Fowler <***@us.ibm.com>
Cc: "Debian S/390 Team" <debian-***@lists.debian.org>
Date: 04/24/2019 07:15 PM
Subject: Re: Missing jessie/main s390x Packages

Hmmmm.... I was afraid it might be something like that. Going to stretch might be an option
depending the the gpg level... Will have to investigate.
Thank you....

Why be scared of gpg? both are provided in all the recent Ubuntu and
Debian releases, as gnupg & gnupg1 packages.

Installing gnupg1 package and using /usr/bin/gpg1 shouldn't be too
much of a stretch 😉 ? or like symlinking ~/bin/gpg to /usr/bin/gpg1
for the affected user only.


--
Regards,

Dimitri.

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

Can you explain why you require 2.0 (ie. which features) and why 2.1/2.2
will not do for you?

Please note that v2.0 is EOLed by upstream at
https://gnupg.org/download/index.html

One really should not be using EOLed software....

I have heard of valid reasons to stick with 1.4, but not yet for using 2.0
when 2.1/2.2 is available.

Post by Joe A Fowler
The problem is we require 2.0, and stretch is using 2.1. 1.4 is not
needed.
Is there a way to install 2.0 on stretch?
*"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools speak because
they have to say somthing" -- Plato *
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Joe Fowler
IBM Systems Group - Developer for Z Hyper Protect Hosting Appliance
[phone] T/L 8-444-6664
Date: 04/24/2019 07:15 PM
Subject: Re: Missing jessie/main s390x Packages
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Hmmmm.... I was afraid it might be something like that. Going to

stretch might be an option

depending the the gpg level... Will have to investigate.
Thank you....

Why be scared of gpg? both are provided in all the recent Ubuntu and
Debian releases, as gnupg & gnupg1 packages.
Installing gnupg1 package and using /usr/bin/gpg1 shouldn't be too
much of a stretch 😉 ? or like symlinking ~/bin/gpg to /usr/bin/gpg1
for the affected user only.
--
Regards,
Dimitri.

[Joe A Fowler]

Hmmmm.... I was afraid it might be something like that. Going to stretch
might be an option
depending the the gpg level... Will have to investigate.

Thank you....

"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools speak because
they have to say somthing" -- Plato

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Joe Fowler

IBM Systems Group - Developer for Z Hyper Protect Hosting Appliance


[phone] T/L 8-444-6664

***@us.ibm.com








From: Dimitri John Ledkov <***@debian.org>
To: Joe A Fowler <***@us.ibm.com>
Cc: "Debian S/390 Team" <debian-***@lists.debian.org>
Date: 04/24/2019 06:52 PM
Subject: Re: Missing jessie/main s390x Packages

Post by Joe A Fowler
The jessie/main s390x Packages seem to be missing?

jessie is end of life, and moved off mirrors.

The current stable release is stretch.

You can query this info automatically with:

$ debian-distro-info --stable
stretch

Similarly for Ubuntu too.