** Description changed:
The netboot installer's network package retriever fetches Packages files
from the main archive it's given and from security.ubuntu.com (or the
value of apt-setup/security_host if set). However, it only actually
fetches packages from the main archive. This means that if the main
archive does not contain security updates - either because they have not
been copied from -security to -updates yet, or because it's a limited
local mirror that doesn't contain -security rather than
*.archive.ubuntu.com - then netboot installations will fail as soon as
they need to retrieve any security updates.
The fix is simple and safe: fall back to trying to retrieve packages
from the security archive if fetching them from the main archive fails.
This has been fixed in net-retriever 1.21ubuntu2 in intrepid.
The attached patch fixes this bug. Changelog entry:
* Fetch packages from security host if trying to fetch them from the main
host fails (LP: #94398).
TEST CASE: Fetch the netboot mini.iso from the archive
(http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-
proposed/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/mini.iso; replace
- hardy-proposed with hardy to test the failing version), type 'cli
- anna/choose_modules=network-console' at the boot: prompt, and confirm
- that it gets as far as asking you for an SSH password. (This test case
- also covers bug 234486.) I suggest also confirming that a normal netboot
- installation (so just type 'cli' at the boot: prompt) works.
+ hardy-proposed with hardy to test the failing version), type 'cli apt-
+ setup/proposed=true anna/choose_modules=network-console' at the boot:
+ prompt, and confirm that it gets as far as asking you for an SSH
+ password. (This test case also covers bug 234486.) I suggest also
+ confirming that a normal netboot installation (so just type 'cli' at the
+ boot: prompt) works.
Regression potential: netboot installations might end up broken in
different ways, though I think the risk is low. CD installations will be
unaffected.
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Installer tries to pull the wrong files down when netbooting
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94398
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