Bug#553306: clarify use of mirror/udeb/suite
On Friday 30 October 2009, Vincent McIntyre wrote:
> 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).
The parameter <classname>mirror/udeb/suite</classname> determines the suite
+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.
Problem is that this is not correct. For daily built images for example,
mirror/udeb/suite gets set to "sid", while mirror/suite is "squeeze".
And for the "etch-and-a-half" images mirror/udeb/suite is "lenny", while
mirror/suite is "etch".
And the fun part is that using a "lenny" mini.iso and booting that with
suite=etch just works. So something is rotten in what you saw in #552787.
I don't think I want to change the manual if the bug is in the installer.
Cheers,
FJP
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