[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: add net-retriever/localrepo?



Gaudenz Steinlin <gaudenz@debian.org> (2014-03-29):
> Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org> writes:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been thinking it might be nice to extend net-retriever so it checks
> > the "net-retriever/localrepo" template. This would never be shown (only
> > used for preseeding), and would work similar to the "localudebs"
> > directory.
> >
> > This could be used for more easily testing modules that aren't usually
> > included in a built image, but could also be used to allow people to ask
> > extra local questions in a mostly-preseeded environment, should they
> > want that (create the udeb, create the repository, and preseed
> > 'net-retriever/localrepo" and "modules" to relevant values).
> >
> > Thoughts?

There's something similar in #736373.

> I think that would be a very good idea. It would certainly help for d-i
> development. I'm not sure but I vaguely remember that one problem might
> be that anna does not really (fully?) support multiple repositories. But
> it might also be that this is no longer true.

It's still very much true, see for example:
  https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2014/01/msg00407.html

Mraw,
KiBi.

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: Digital signature


Reply to: