Bug#303510: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#303510: d-i install report)

["Roberto C. Sanchez" <roberto@familiasanchez.net>]

Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> > I created my mirror of the Debian archive using the option --dist=3Dsar=
>
> ge
>
> > (since
> > the man page recommends not using testing as it is unpredictable).  The
> > problem
> > is that when I pointed APT at the local copy of the archive on the
> > filesystem,
> > it choked since the testing->sarge symlink did not exist.  This seems
> > like it
> > would be trivial to fix to have the installer look for both. before
> > constructing
> > the sources.list.
>
>
> Well, the code in apt-setup expects a fully functional mirror, so I
> guess that there is very little chance that this is implemented.

Maybe a modification to debmirror is order then.  The description from
the man page seems to indicate that you get a fully function mirror (at
least for the part you download):

       This program downloads and maintains a partial local Debian
mirror. It
       can mirror any combination of architectures, distributions, and sec-
       tions. Files are transferred by ftp, and package pools are fully
sup-
       ported. It also does locking and updates trace files.


If you agree, I will file a minor bug against debmirror.

> > Also, I had manually configured the network interface since I was perfo=
>
> rming
>
> > the install while not connected.  The installer automatically tried to =
>
> get
>
> > security updates (without asking first) causing me to have to Ctrl-C th=
>
> e
>
> > process
> > or wait for each request to time out.  This is probably not a good thin=
>
> g.
>
> This is a feature. Adding security updates is optional but the
> question is asked at medium priority, so this is forced on default
> installs. This is a design choice to minimize the number of questions
> asked to users.

That seems rational.  My question is, does the installer try to download
security updates even if the network interface(s) configuration is
skipped?  In my case, I chose to configure the network while not
connected.  If that caused problems while trying to download the s.d.o
updates, then I caused it myself.  However, I did not try the install
skipping the network config entirely.  If the download is still
attempted even without a configured a network, then that may be
considered a bug.  Though, I am not sure how the logic works without a
configure network interface present.

> Given that this install report is a complete success report, I do as
> usual with successful install report=A0: I close the bug..:-)
>
> This does not of course mean you weren't right to report. Knowing the
> installations are correct is important for the d-i team.
>
> Many thanks for yourtime testing the Debian Installer and reporting
> your results. Have fun with your new Debian system!


--
Roberto C. Sanchez
http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr

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