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 -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
