Re: Bug#992692: general: Use https for {deb,security}.debian.org by default

[Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>]

On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 6:03 PM David Kalnischkies wrote:

> Because this thread started with the idea to switch the default of d-i
> and co to another URI. If you target only apt then you still need
> a solution for d-i and a way to convert whatever d-i had into what apt
> gets in the end (of the installation).

ISTR the future of creating new Debian installations is to move from
debootstrap to dpkg/apt. As an interim step, debootstrap could move
from doing its own downloads to passing the appropriate
APT_CONFIG/DPKG_ROOT/etc to `apt download`.

https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/Spec/InstallBootstrap

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pabs

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