Re: add net-retriever/localrepo?
Gaudenz Steinlin (2014-03-29): > Wouter Verhelst writes: > > > Hi, > > > > I've been thinking it might be nice to extend net-retriever so it checks > > the "net-retriever/localrepo" template. This would never be shown (only > > used for preseeding), and would work similar to the "localudebs" > > directory. > > > > This could be used for more easily testing modules that aren't usually > > included in a built image, but could also be used to allow people to ask > > extra local questions in a mostly-preseeded environment, should they > > want that (create the udeb, create the repository, and preseed > > 'net-retriever/localrepo" and "modules" to relevant values). > > > > Thoughts? There's something similar in #736373. > I think that would be a very good idea. It would certainly help for d-i > development. I'm not sure but I vaguely remember that one problem might > be that anna does not really (fully?) support multiple repositories. But > it might also be that this is no longer true. It's still very much true, see for example: https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2014/01/msg00407.html Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: add net-retriever/localrepo?
Wouter Verhelst writes: > Hi, > > I've been thinking it might be nice to extend net-retriever so it checks > the "net-retriever/localrepo" template. This would never be shown (only > used for preseeding), and would work similar to the "localudebs" > directory. > > This could be used for more easily testing modules that aren't usually > included in a built image, but could also be used to allow people to ask > extra local questions in a mostly-preseeded environment, should they > want that (create the udeb, create the repository, and preseed > 'net-retriever/localrepo" and "modules" to relevant values). > > Thoughts? I think that would be a very good idea. It would certainly help for d-i development. I'm not sure but I vaguely remember that one problem might be that anna does not really (fully?) support multiple repositories. But it might also be that this is no longer true. Gaudenz -- Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. ~ Samuel Beckett ~ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/87ha6hjpss@meteor.durcheinandertal.bofh
