Bug#1030172: game-data-packager: no suitable mirror for etqw found

[Simon McVittie]

Package: game-data-packager
Version: 67
Severity: normal

A user who does not want to use reportbug writes:

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> The problem I faced trying to install "Quake Wars: Enemy Territory" on Debian 11 (stable)
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> I ran the following 3 terminal commands, one after the other:
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> 1.) sudo apt install etqw:i386
> 2.) mkdir ~/Downloads/ETQW && cd ~/Downloads/ETQW
> 3.) game-data-packager --binary-executables -d ~/Downloads/ETQW etqw /path/to/ETQWDVD
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> Step 1.) and 2.) did not pose any problems. But step 3.) failed with the following terminal output:
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> WARNING:game_data_packager.download:Failed to download "ftp://62.8.228.162/pub/games/etqw/ETQW-client-1.4-1.5-update.x86.run": <urlopen error ftp error: TimeoutError(110, 'Connection timed out')>
> WARNING:game_data_packager.download:Failed to download "http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/ETQW-client-1.5-full.x86.run": HTTP Error 404: Not Found
> WARNING:game_data_packager.download:Failed to download "ftp://ftp.ru.debian.org/gentoo-distfiles/distfiles/ETQW-client-1.5-full.x86.run": <urlopen error ftp error: URLError("ftp error: error_perm('550 Failed to change directory.')")>
> WARNING:game_data_packager.download:Failed to download "ftp://ftp.fr.freshrpms.net/pub/linux/gentoo/distfiles/ETQW-client-1.5-full.x86.run": <urlopen error ftp error: URLError("ftp error: error_perm('550 Failed to change directory.')")>
> WARNING:game_data_packager.download:Failed to download "ftp://ftp.kr.debian.org/gentoo/distfiles/ETQW-client-1.5-full.x86.run": <urlopen error ftp error: URLError("ftp error: error_perm('550 Failed to change directory.')")>
> WARNING:game_data_packager.download:Failed to download "ftp://ftp.linux.org.tr/gentoo/distfiles/ETQW-client-1.5-full.x86.run": <urlopen error ftp error: URLError("ftp error: error_perm('550 Failed to change directory.')")>
> ERROR:game_data_packager.build:Failed to download necessary files for etqw-pb-bin
> ERROR:game_data_packager.build:Failed to download necessary files for etqw-data
> ERROR:game_data_packager.build:Failed to download necessary files for etqw-bin
> ERROR:game_data_packager.build:Unable to complete any packages because downloads failed.
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> The problem obviously was that not a single mirror for the file "ETQW-client-1.5-full.x86.run" was available.
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> How the problem trying to install "Quake Wars: Enemy Territory" on Debian 11 (stable) was solved
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> First, after having found a working download for the missing file at https://ftp.jeuxlinux.fr/files/ETQW-client-1.5-full.x86.run, I copied it into ~/Downloads/ETQW.
> Then, with the help of some knowledgeable guys from #debian-games on irc.debian.org, I modified step 3.) to the following terminal command:
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> game-data-packager --binary-executables -d ~/Downloads/ETQW --save-downloads ~/Downloads/ETQW etqw /path/to/ETQWDVD
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> With the added parameter of "--save-downloads ~/Downloads/ETQW", game-data-packager could pick up the file "ETQW-client-1.5-full.x86.run" from ~/Downloads/ETQW and create the functional "Quake Wars: Enemy Territory" .deb files
> via the original steps 1.), 2.) and 3.) [modified, of course]
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> Problem solved. Quake Wars: Enemy Territory working on Debian 11 (stable).