Re: [Wp-mirror-list] wpmirror 0.7.4 on Debian wheezy 7.6 fails internet assert during initial mirror

[Jason Cooper]

Hi Kent,

On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 03:45:45PM +0000, Jason Cooper wrote:
> I've got the following bug while attempting to run wpmirror for the
> first time on a fresh install of Debian Wheezy 7.6.
> 
> ---------------------------->8--------------------------------------------
> address@hidden # wp-mirror
> [ ok ]clear-pidfile
> [ ok ]set-pidfile
> [info]set mode of operation to: FIRST-MIRROR
> [ ok ]log-start
> -----initializing-begin-----------------------
> [ ok ]assert-clisp-features-p
> [ ok ]assert-utilities-p
> [ ok ]assert-images-directory-or-create-p
> [ ok ]assert-working-directory-or-create-p
> [ ok ]warn-if-old-images-directory-p
> [ ok ]assert-dbms-up-p
> [ ok ]assert-dbms-mysql-p
> [ ok ]assert-dbms-mysql-install-db-p
> [ ok ]assert-dbms-mysql-config-debian-p
> [ ok ]assert-dbms-credentials-debian-or-scrape-p
> [ ok ]assert-dbms-connect-with-credentials-debian-p
> [ ok ]assert-dbms-time-zone-or-load
> [ ok ]assert-configuration-files-or-restore-default
> [ ok ]process-configuration-files-or-die
> [ ok ]put-parameters
> [....]select-sites-for-dump-files
> [info]*wikimedia-site-idump*: 
> http://ftpmirror.your.org/pub/wikimedia/imagedumps/tarballs/
> [info]*wikimedia-site-image*: http://upload.wikimedia.org/
> [info]*wikimedia-site-xdump*: http://dumps.wikimedia.your.org/
> [info]*wikimedia-site-xincr*: http://dumps.wikimedia.your.org/other/incr/
> [ ok ]select-sites-for-dump-files
> [fail]assert-internet-access-to-wikimedia-site-p
> ---------------------------->8--------------------------------------------

I tried again this morning, it is now able to successfully reach
http://ftpmirror.your.org/.  Thanks for poking them!

> The *really* frustrating part, is that it refuses to honor my changes to
> /etc/wp-mirror/local.conf.

I'm a knucklehead.  Disregard.  Log files showed me what was going on.

> Here's the entirety of the uncommented portion:
> 
> ---------------------------->8--------------------------------------------
> (defparameter *wikimedia-site-idump*
>     "http://dumps.wikimedia.org/";
> )
> (defparameter *wikimedia-site-image*
>   "http://upload.wikimedia.org/";
> )
> (defparameter *wikimedia-site-xdump*
>   "http://dumps.wikimedia.org/";
> )
> ---------------------------->8--------------------------------------------

I've now reverted these changes.  We'll see how it goes.

thx,

Jason.