Re: Configuring sources.list during install: idea
Quoting Ilkka Tuohela <Ilkka.Tuohela@nixu.fi>:
> > > Another idea was a little bit more complicated: instead of entering
> > > the URL by yourself you could add automatic configuration as one
> > > possibility, just like wpad proxy configuration proposal. We could
> > > simply support one type of DNS record for this, nothing as fancy as
> > > WPAD which defines multiple protocols and options.
> > > So, for example in our network I could simply add a DNS record
> > > apt-source-potato 3600 IN TXT "http://potato.domain.com/sources.list";
>
> > Maybe better in a dhcp record?
>
> Yes and no.
I don't run DHCP on any of my networks ...
> it could be as well SRV (service) record or whatever you want. My
> point was
... which makes this a much better alternative...
http://RFC.net/rfc2052.html
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