Bug#517644: [amd64][lenny] since lenny release, unable to install 'etch' via 'lenny' installer
Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> writes:
> On Sunday 01 March 2009, Jérémy Bobbio wrote:
>> I am not tagging the bug "+patch" because the problem probably needs to
>> be solved by a different patch in Lenny and in the main branch, see
>> below. I also lack the time to do proper testing (and also to 1prepare
>> the needed stable updates).
>
> I'm not sure this is the preferred patch. Maybe we should have a patch
> instead that only accepts oldstale if it matches the requested suite
> (i.e. instead of making it a generally accepted value).
Yes; I agree with that and it also avoids the translation issue.
Even for sid I belive it should be an "exception", not a generally
accepted value.
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