Re: base-config cruft cleanup
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:27:11AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> Anthony Towns wrote:
> > > Oh, is that the form debootstrap uses? Not particularly good on my end,
> > > but I can parse it if necessary, I suppose.
> > FWIW, debootstrap dumps the settings it used to
> > $TARGET/etc/apt/sources.list, too.
> Oh, hmm. That would be great except I suppose you append to the file?
> Which leaves apt's often broken defaults at the top. Base-config just
> comments the whole thing out.
Nope, but I only create it if it doesn't already exist. (So if
b-f's/dbootstrap create a dummy file, debootstrap won't touch it)
Also, for cdrom installs, and maybe for file:/ installs, the sources.list
debootstrap writes may well be broken. :(
Cheers,
aj
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