Control: tag -1 moreinfo Hi, Linux Luser <linuxluser@gmail.com> (2014-12-01): > Package: debian-installer > Severity: wishlist > Tags: d-i > > Dear maintainers, > > Please provide a method to allow the installer to ignore the 'Valid-Until' > field for repositories during install. Currently, one can tell Apt/Aptitude > directly to do this via: > > # apt-get -o Acquire::Check-Valid-Until="false" update > # apt-get upgrade > > But there is no way to preseed this or to tell the installer only (not the > target image) to do this. > > The option could be something similar to the "allow unauthenticated > packages" preseed option: > > d-i debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated boolean true > > So, perhaps something like this: > > d-i debian-installer/ignore_valid_until boolean true I don't have the right setup handy right now to test this. Could you please at least tell us whether that's something that should be dealt with at debootstrap time and/or in some other places? (It's not entirely clear where you draw the line between installer only and target image since many apt calls happens within /target). Mraw, KiBi.
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