Bug#1015887: debian-installer: Adding https repo doesn't work without manually installing ca-certificates
Package: debian-installer
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
Using netinst bullseye 11.4 installer:
https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-11.4.0-amd64-netinst.iso
I chose to add a network mirror, using https, and the default
'deb.debian.org'.
I used (non-graphical) Expert Mode.
The problem first showed up when tasksel only displayed 'standard system
utilities'. When I went ahead with that, the next screen was a red
'Installation step failed' screen.
The log on tty4 showed various dependency problems.
I tried to 'chroot /target' and 'apt update', which showed certificate
problems. I then ran 'apt install ca-certificates', which worked
(installing from the cd image?), after which 'apt update' worked, and I
was also able to continue successfully with the installer.
I was able to reproduce this in a (kvm/qemu) VM (which is where I
confirmed my steps); the original problem was on an HP Thin Client
(t520). In both cases only 8G of storage was available.
It all works fine using http for the mirror.
I'm happy to do further testing with the VM; the thin client is less
convenient as it has a job to do.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 11.4
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-16-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_NZ.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_NZ:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
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