templates/lxc-debian.in

@@ -786,10 +786,9 @@ if [ "$arch" = "x86_64" ]; then
 fi
 
 
-release_file=${DEBIAN_MIRROR}/dists/${release}/main/binary-${arch}/Release
-if ! wget -q -O /dev/null "${release_file}"; then
-  if [ "${release}" = unstable ] || [ "${release}" = sid ]; then
-    echo "${arch}/${release} not available on mirror, trying debian ports"
+testing_release_file=${DEBIAN_MIRROR}/dists/testing/main/binary-${arch}/Release
+if ! wget -q -O /dev/null "${testing_release_file}"; then
+  echo "${arch} does not look like a release architecture, trying debian ports"
   # non-release architecture; assume debian-ports architecture
   if [ "${MIRROR}" = "${DEBIAN_MIRROR}" ]; then
     MIRROR="${DEBIAN_PORTS_MIRROR}"
@@ -798,10 +797,7 @@ if ! wget -q -O /dev/null "${release_file}"; then
     KEYRING="${DEBIAN_PORTS_ARCHIVE_KEYRING}"
   fi
   packages="debian-ports-archive-keyring,${packages}"
-  else
-    echo "Error: ${arch}/${release} not available on mirror ${DEBIAN_MIRROR}"
-    exit 1
-  fi
+  release="${release:-unstable}"
 fi
 
 if [ "$interpreter" = "" ] ; then