reassign 364650 apt-setup severity 364650 wishlist retitle 364650 Option to enter URL for security / optional apt-src lines thanks
On Monday 24 April 2006 20:17, Graham wrote: > Image version: April 22 I think this image was probably the last to be broken in this respect. Please try with a more recent one. > Comments/Problems: > 1. If I choose to manually enter a Debian mirror URL, then please also > prompt me to provide a URL for the security mirror. I'm firewalled and > the only accessible mirror is my local apt-proxy server. Currently apt > freezes for a long time trying to access security.debian.org directly, > and I have to switch to console 2 and kill the http retrieval process. > Then I have to edit sources.list later to correct the security entry. It's probably better to wait for the timeout than to kill. What is the exact time you have to wait (please don't guess but time it)? Is there one pause or a pause, then a message and then another pause? I'll reassign this report to apt-setup as a wishlist item. > 2. The default sources.list doesn't include "contrib" or "non-free". > In many cases I need these (mainly for nvidia drivers). It would be > nice if the installer could write these into the sources.list file by > default, or at least allow me to choose to do so. Install in expert mode and you'll have the option to select both. > 3. Most end-user systems do not need "deb-src" lines in the > sources.list -- maybe these could be commented out by default? Also wishlist item. Thank you for sending your report. Cheers, FJP
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