Bug#851539: Stretch RC1 netinst installer prompts for additional CDs

[Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>]

On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 11:51:43PM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote:
>On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 01:13:13AM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>> On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 04:53:26PM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote:
>> >Package: installation-reports
>> >Severity: normal
>> >
>> >I tried doing an install with a Stretch RC1 netinst CD.  Worked fine,
>> >except that later in the install, right before asking about an apt
>> >mirror, the installer asked about scaning additional CDs.  Previous
>> >versions of the netinst installer haven't asked that question; normally
>> >only the full-CD installers ask that.
>> 
>> This is a deliberate change, yes. It makes the firmware netinsts more
>> useful now, for example...
>
>I thought that firmware had a separate prompting mechanism, triggered by
>the detection of missing firmware?  If the installer notices missing
>firmware, it prompts for separate firmware media.

There's also some netinsts with firmware included [1], and those are
the ones this will help with. The previous settings in apt-setup were
not very consistent and *very* old, so I've tweaked which images will
ask about extra media.

[1] http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/

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