Failing bin/make-base-vm

[0xnim]

E: Failed getting release file http://127.0.0.1:3142/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/Release
when running: bin/make-base-vm --lxc --arch amd64 --suite precise.

[Kailkox]

maybe change archive to old-releases, there is issue about that

[KonaB15]

I have the same issue how would you change archive to old releases?

[Kailkox]

I have the same issue how would you change archive to old releases?

In gitian-builder/target-bin/bootstrap-fixup.in

Change lines 9-11: Change archive.ubuntu.com/security.ubuntu.com to old-releases.ubuntu.com

if [ $DISTRIB_NAME = "Ubuntu" ]; then
echo "deb http://hostip:3142/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $DISTRIB_CODENAME main universe" > $1/etc/apt/sources.list
echo "deb http://hostip:3142/security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $DISTRIB_CODENAME-security main universe" >> $1/etc/apt/sources.list
echo "deb http://hostip:3142/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $DISTRIB_CODENAME-updates main universe" >> $1/etc/apt/sources.list