Bug#356105: Package: installation-reports

[Frans Pop <aragorn@tiscali.nl>]

reassign 356105 choose-mirror
retitle 356105 Should not allow user to select unstable for netinst/full CD installs
thanks

On Thursday 09 March 2006 20:04, Naheed Vora wrote:
> Base Installation fails. Problem -- SUITE variable points to sid
> instead of etch.
> Work around for installation: In /usr/lib/debootstrap/functions,
> replace $SUITE with etch.

That must have been because you used u netinst or full CD image to install
unstable, which is just not supported. (We do need to block that option
though so users cannot make that mistake.)

> Permanent solution : simlink on the cdrom /cdrom/dists/etch pointing to
> /cdrom/dists/sid

No. Use a businesscard image instead. That will allow you to install
unstable without any problems.

Thanks for your report.

Cheers,
FJP