[ALUG] Fwd: Re: [eThinkTankTz] Ubuntu Archive Mirror - mirror.aptus.co.tz

[Andreas Tauscher]

Am 08.03.2014 09:24, schrieb Hamisi Jabe:
> By the way, is it ok using ubuntu mirror to update a machine running debian

No. Ubuntu is based on debian but there are several differences. For
example the init system is different. Ubuntu is using upstart, Debian
sysvinit.

It will anyway not work: Already the section naming within the
repository is mostly different.
If you force it you will brick your system.

Several debian packets can be used with ubuntu or vice versa. Mainly
packets with architecture independent content like scripts but this is
not a general valid.
Binary packets not statically linked will mostly not work.
Debian 7 is built with gcc 4.7.7 and libc6 2.13, Ubuntu 13.10 is built
with gcc 4.8 and libc6 2.3, 12.04 is using gcc 4.6.3 and libc6 2.15.
Dynamic linked binaries built with a different compiler and linked
against different lib versions are usual not exchangeable. They will
crash with a Segmentation fault.
It is like Fedora and RHEL/CentOS: They are similar but different.

The habari mirror is not a real mirror is a proxy cache. It can be used
with any distribution using apt and .deb archives.
To use it add to /etc/apt/apt.conf

Acquire::http { Proxy "http://deb-mirror.habari.co.tz:3142"; };

Is aptus reachable through the IXP? Miku, then it would be fine to
change the Ubuntu upstream for deb-mirror to aptus. The upstream for the
security updates I would keep at security.ubuntu.com to ensure there is
no time delay getting security updates.

Andreas