jnqnfe <jnqnfe@gmail.com> (2015-02-28): > On Fri, 2015-02-27 at 22:26 +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > > > Right, so to get an installer that will work correctly as a Sid > > > installer, you have to build a copy as such. This is what I assumed > > > would be the case when I filed the bug. > > > > Why don't you set the variable(s) you want or need in your bootloader? > > Because you didn't tell me that I can! > > Instead of spending a load of time researching how to tell d-i what dist > to install, I took the opportunity to just ask you. You provided info on > how to build my own copy of d-i with the dist changed to the version > needed. Quite reasonably I believed this therefore was the only way to > do it, since you didn't tell me otherwise, and hence came my assertion > that a copy of d-i pre-built with 'sid'/'unstable' specified was needed. It's not really reasonable to expect us to detail everything d-i can do, and how, in all of our answers to bug reports. Also, you were asking “So how is that done exactly?”, which I answered. You didn't ask how to pick an option which isn't the default one… > If you'd briefly laid out all the various options available to me in > your previous reply (or at least just said that it can be done with > preseeding and directed me to the manual), this discussion would have > taken a much different path. Well, you started by telling us how broken d-i was instead of detailing your usecase in the first place. Since I'm not gifted with clairvoyance, I stuck to answering questions and challenging incorrect statements. Anyway, great to see you know what to do to get your stuff work. Mraw, KiBi.
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