[SOLVED] [armv5tel] Not supported by Buster?

littlebigman · 05-22-2023, 07:04 AM

Hello,

To upgrade an armv5tel-based appliance from Debian 9 to 10, I edited /etc/apt/sources.list and ran apt-get update:

Code:

~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates InRelease [34.8 kB]
Get:2 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian buster InRelease [122 kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian buster-updates InRelease [56.6 kB]
Get:4 http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates/main Sources [346 kB]
Get:5 http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates/main Translation-en [268 kB]
Get:6 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian buster/main Sources [7,852 kB]
Get:7 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian buster/main armel Packages [7,648 kB]
Get:8 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian buster/main Translation-en [5,969 kB]
Get:9 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian buster-updates/main Sources [4,616 B]
Get:10 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian buster-updates/main armel Packages [8,792 B]
Get:11 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian buster-updates/main Translation-en [6,915 B]
Fetched 22.3 MB in 57s (391 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
N: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-armel/Packages' as repository 'http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'armel'

Can I proceed, or should I stop and fix something?

Thank you.

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Edit: "Debian 10 buster LTS will only support amd64, i386, arm64 and armhf. Users of other architectures are encouraged to upgrade to Debian 11 bullseye."
https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Using

Can I ignore that error just to upgrade to D10/buster, and when it's done, upgrade to D11/bullseye?

pan64 · 05-23-2023, 01:43 AM

Yes, I would upgrade to buster and to bullseye too. You can temporarily ignore that warning, if you really want to upgrade to D11.

littlebigman · 05-23-2023, 05:21 AM

Thanks. So I ignored that message, and proceeded. The appliance is now running D10.

Code:

~# apt-get update
~# apt-get dist-upgrade
~# apt --purge autoremove
~# reboot (to check it reboots OK, connect to the serial port)

~# hostnamectl
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-21-marvell
Architecture: arm

~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates InRelease [34.8 kB]
Hit:2 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian buster InRelease
Get:3 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian buster-updates InRelease [56.6 kB]
Reading package lists... Done
E: Release file for http://security.debian.org/debian-se...ates/InRelease is not valid yet (                       invalid for another 1558d 23h 24min 14s). Updates for this repository will not be applied.
E: Release file for http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/InRelease is not valid yet (invalid for another                        1304d 1h 17min 29s). Updates for this repository will not be applied.
E: Release file for http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dist...ates/InRelease is not valid yet (invalid for                        another 1558d 22h 1min 13s). Updates for this repository will not be applied.