On Mon, 07 Dec 2015 14:40:51 +0530 Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> wrote: > Package: src:debian-installer > Severity: important > > Hi, > > debian-installer-netboot-images currently violates Debian Policy by > fetching debian-installer images over the network during install - see > bug#807168. > > I believe¹ that debian-installer produces those pieces needed by > debian-installer-netboot-images, and suspect that providing in a binary > package the pieces needed for debian-installer-netboot-images could (at > least partially) solve bug#807168. That's not quite right. When the debian-installer src package is built it downloads udebs which are assembled into the installer images - this can't be avoided because installing the udebs will most likely break the build environment. It also downloads some debs which are not installed, but used as a source of parts for the installer like kernel, glibc etc. As far as I am aware, the binary package does nothing in the way of fetching images during install. YMMV though as I've never needed to install it due to the source build building the actual installer images. My understanding is that it only provides the scripts and configs used for building debian-installer, so presumeably one could install it and use it to build the installer image. > > This bug marked important (not wishlist) as bug#807168 is RC. I think this could be refiled "Not a Bug", but YMMV... I'm not a DD so what do I know. -- Daniel Reurich Centurion Computer Technology (2005) Ltd.
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