Bug#553306: marked as done (clarify use of mirror/udeb/suite)
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regarding clarify use of mirror/udeb/suite
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Package: installation-guide
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
In relation to #552787, I've attempted to improve the relevant text
in the preseeding appendix of the manual. It's a bit wordier (sorry
translators).
Cheers
Vince
Index: trunk/manual/en/appendix/preseed.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/manual/en/appendix/preseed.xml (revision 61122)
+++ trunk/manual/en/appendix/preseed.xml (working copy)
@@ -896,12 +896,14 @@
</para><para>
The parameter <classname>mirror/udeb/suite</classname> determines the suite
-for additional components for the installer. It is only useful to set this
-if components are actually downloaded over the network and should match the
+for additional components for the <emphasis>installer</emphasis>.
+By default the value for <classname>mirror/udeb/suite</classname> is the
+same as <classname>mirror/suite</classname>.
+<classname>mirror/udeb/suite</classname> may be set to a different value,
+but it is only useful to do this if installer components are going to be
+downloaded over the network. The value should match the
suite that was used to build the initrd for the installation method used for
the installation.
-By default the value for <classname>mirror/udeb/suite</classname> is the
-same as <classname>mirror/suite</classname>.
</para>
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On Friday 06 November 2009, Frans Pop wrote:
> I don't think I want to change the manual if the bug is in the
> installer.
It wasn't a bug in the installer, but an error in the preseed file. In
general you should not preseed values unless you really need to.
The installation guide already explicitly mentions that "The value should
match the suite that was used to build the initrd for the installation
method used for the installation.".
Your additions are not correct. Instead I've committed this simpler change:
[...] It is only useful to set this
if components are actually downloaded over the network and should match the
suite that was used to build the initrd for the installation method used for
-the installation.
-By default the value for <classname>mirror/udeb/suite</classname> is the
-same as <classname>mirror/suite</classname>.
+the installation. Normally the installer will automatically use the correct
+value and you should not need to set this.
Reason for that change is that the way mirror/udeb/suite and mirror/suite
get set was changed some time ago and the defaults are now a bit more
complex than what it said.
Cheers,
FJP
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