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Re: Speed up installation: activate eatmydata-udeb by default and include eatmydata package in /pool



john doe, le mer. 07 avril 2021 10:51:08 +0200, a ecrit:
> This move should be documented somewhere and maybe emit a warning to
> that effect before starting the installer:
> 
> "Incase of failure during the installation, it is recommended to restart
> from scratch."

That has always been so. Even if dpkg is in a coherent state, it's
really not clear how restarting from there can lead to anything good.

> Could d-i verify that the installation was successfull and tell it to
> the user?

That's the final message before the reboot yes.
We can probably just add an explicit sync before emitting it.

Samuel


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