Comment 22 for bug 34376

I can confirm that this patch is no longer effective for some reason:

$ debmirror --method=rsync --host=ubuntu.retrosnub.co.uk --root=:ubuntu --pdiff=mirror '--ignore=^(releases/|cdimage$|\.htaccess$|\.cdimage-lock$)' '--rsync-options=-aIL --partial --no-motd' --getcontents --dist=hardy,hardy-updates,hardy-security,hardy-backports,intrepid,intrepid-updates,intrepid-security,intrepid-backports,jaunty,jaunty-updates,jaunty-security,jaunty-backports,karmic,karmic-updates,karmic-security,karmic-backports --section=main,restricted,universe,multiverse,main/debian-installer --arch=i386,amd64 -v -p /srv/mirror/ubuntu/
(...)
Errors:
 dists/karmic-backports/main/debian-installer/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2 missing
 dists/karmic-backports/main/debian-installer/binary-i386/Packages.bz2 missing
 dists/karmic-security/main/debian-installer/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2 missing
 dists/karmic-security/main/debian-installer/binary-i386/Packages.bz2 missing
Failed to download some Package, Sources or Release files!
WARNING: releasing 1 pending lock...