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Bug#517644: marked as done ([amd64][lenny] since lenny release, unable to install 'etch' via 'lenny' installer)

Your message dated Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:33:47 +0000
with message-id <E1LqDUp-0003qV-TB@ries.debian.org>
and subject line Bug#517644: fixed in choose-mirror 2.28lenny2
has caused the Debian Bug report #517644,
regarding [amd64][lenny] since lenny release, unable to install 'etch' via 'lenny' installer
to be marked as done.

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Package: installation-reports
Severity: normal

Boot method: network (PXE/DHCP)
Image version:
 http://ftp.au.debian.org/lenny/dists/lenny/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/
 The installer image files are marked
   This is a Debian 5.0 (lenny) installation netboot image.
   It was built on 20090123.
 in debian-installer/amd64/boot-screens/f1.txt
Date: 2009-02-24

Machine: Dell PowerEdge 2950
Processor: dual Intel Xeon X5460 (EMT64 on)
Memory: 16Gb
Partitions:
# fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 749.6 GB, 749606010880 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91134 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000cd87f

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
   /dev/sda1   *           1         124      995998+  83  Linux
   /dev/sda2             125       91134   731037825   8e  Linux LVM

# df
Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs                  8235896        44   8235852   0% /dev
/dev/sda1               980308    136940    793572  15% /target
/dev/mapper/newbox-local 983704     17628    916108   2% /target/local
/dev/mapper/newbox-srv 651409064    202076 618117248   0% /target/srv
/dev/mapper/newbox-tmp 1967440     35732   1831768   2% /target/tmp
/dev/mapper/newbox-usr 4918588    402248   4266484   9% /target/usr
/dev/mapper/newbox-usr+local 4918588    141000   4527732   3% /target/usr/local
/dev/mapper/newbox-var 3934888    298936   3436068   8% /target/var
/dev/mapper/newbox-var+log 3934888     73628   3661376   2% /target/var/log
/dev/sda1               980308    136940    793572  15% /dev/.static/dev
tmpfs                  8235896        44   8235852   0% /target/dev
/dev/sdc1             15754176   3172776  12581400  20% /mnt


Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):
n/a

Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot:           [o]
Detect network card:    [o]
Configure network:      [o]
Detect CD:              [o]
Load installer modules: [o]
Detect hard drives:     [o]
Partition hard drives:  [o]
Install base system:    [e]
Clock/timezone setup:   [ ]
User/password setup:    [ ]
Install tasks:          [ ]
Install boot loader:    [ ]
Overall install:        [ ]

Comments/Problems:

I attempted to install 'etch' on this system using the 'lenny' installer.
I did this via the preseeding method, passing the
  suite="etch"
option to the boot line of the installer kernel.
The system then proceeds to install 'lenny'.
This appears to be a regression relative to the situation before release,
when I was able to successfully "cross-install" etch via the lenny installer.

In the preseed I have set the "etch" distribution as well
% grep -w etch /var/lib/preseed/log
d-i mirror/suite select etch
d-i preseed/url string http://installserver/./preseed/debian/etch/amd64/server-lenny.cfg
d-i mirror/suite            string etch
d-i mirror/codename         string etch

These are the mirror parameters set in the preseed
d-i mirror/http/hostname    string aptproxy:9999
d-i apt-setup/services-select    multiselect  security
d-i apt-setup/security_host      string      aptproxy:9999/security
d-i apt-setup/contrib            boolean      true
d-i apt-setup/non-free           boolean      true


I verified in the syslog that the boot line was being seen correctly
Feb 24 02:56:32 kernel: [    0.000000] Command line: auto=true priority=critical vga=normal suite="etch" initrd=debian/lenny/amd64/debian-installer/amd64/initrd.gz url=http://installserver/./preseed/debian/etch/amd64/server-lenny.cfg --

I think I can see the syslog where things go off track:
  Feb 24 02:58:35 choose-mirror[7455]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://aptproxy:9999/debian//dists/etch/Release -O - | grep ^Suite: | cut -d' ' -f 2
  Feb 24 02:58:35 choose-mirror[7455]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://aptproxy:9999/debian//dists/stable/Release -O - | grep ^Codename: | cut -d' ' -f 2
ie the installer is not setting Codename to 'etch' because it has changed
Suite to 'stable' instead of 'oldstable'.

I happen to use an apt-proxy but I don't think that is the cause - doing the
first wget manually returns the expected value of Suite:, i.e. oldstable,
and if I do the next one manually, with 'oldstable' in the URL I get the
right Codename returned ('etch').


I sucked down the lenny branch of svn[1] and poked around.
The critical point occurs in lenny/packages/choose-mirror/choose-mirror.c
It appears that something is resetting the value of "suite" in the debconf
database between the calls to validate_mirror (specifically find_suite(),
where it does the first wget) and the call to get_codename(), which does the
second wget.

I also noticed that 'packages/choose-mirror/mirrors.h' does not include
"oldstable" in the definition of the suites[][SUITE_LENGTH] array. Could
this be the issue?


Backtracking in the syslog a bit, I noticed this, which may be relevant:
Feb 24 02:58:36 net-retriever: gpgv: Signature made Sat Feb 14 14:02:52 2009 UTC using DSA key ID 6070D3A1
Feb 24 02:58:36 net-retriever: gpgv: Good signature from "Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (4.0/etch) <ftpmaster@debian.org>"
Feb 24 02:58:36 net-retriever: gpgv: Signature made Sat Feb 14 14:05:28 2009 UTC using DSA key ID F42584E6
Feb 24 02:58:36 net-retriever: gpgv: Good signature from "Lenny Stable Release Key <debian-release@lists.debian.org>"
Feb 24 02:58:36 net-retriever:


We still need to use 'etch' for a bit longer, so I hope this issue could
be fixed somehow in the coming weeks.


This does not appear to be #516910, but perhaps they are related.

FWIW, the install of lenny did seem to go ok apart from the usual fuss
with Broadcom firmware.

Kind regards
Vince

[1] svn://svn.debian.org/d-i/branches/d-i/lenny, at r57470.

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Source: choose-mirror
Source-Version: 2.28lenny2

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
choose-mirror, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

choose-mirror-bin_2.28lenny2_amd64.udeb
  to pool/main/c/choose-mirror/choose-mirror-bin_2.28lenny2_amd64.udeb
choose-mirror_2.28lenny2.dsc
  to pool/main/c/choose-mirror/choose-mirror_2.28lenny2.dsc
choose-mirror_2.28lenny2.tar.gz
  to pool/main/c/choose-mirror/choose-mirror_2.28lenny2.tar.gz
choose-mirror_2.28lenny2_all.udeb
  to pool/main/c/choose-mirror/choose-mirror_2.28lenny2_all.udeb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 517644@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br> (supplier of updated choose-mirror package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
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Format: 1.8
Date: Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:29:29 -0300
Source: choose-mirror
Binary: choose-mirror choose-mirror-bin
Architecture: source all amd64
Version: 2.28lenny2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
Description: 
 choose-mirror - Choose mirror to install from (menu item) (udeb)
 choose-mirror-bin - Choose mirror to install from (program) (udeb)
Closes: 517644
Changes: 
 choose-mirror (2.28lenny2) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   [ Jérémy Bobbio ]
   * Accept "oldstable" as a correct preseed for mirror/suite (closes: #517644).
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