While, this sounds like it is also a workable solution for mirroring, the real problem I'm running into is that the language for pre-seeding the mirrors is not the same as for configuring sources.list. As I mentioned, post-install this is trivial, but setting up an unattended installation with the correct values for this configuration is not well documented, and the documentation I have found appears to be inaccurate, as the installer is clearly disregarding the apt-setup/security_path value, or it means something else.
~Paul On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Don Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > Paul DiSciascio wrote: > > >I'm having a problem with updates during a preseeded autoinstallation. > >What I'm essentially looking for is the "right way" to provide a local > >mirror along with a local updates repository to the installer with a > >preseed file. I have found little to no documentation on this topic. It > >seems straightforward enough after installation, but if I dont point it > >somewhere else during installation, the installer will complain, and I > need > >it to finish up unattended. > > I'm using a local package cache through approx rather than a static mirror > clone, and point the installer (and thus apt/sources.list) to that for > setup and > updates. Approx will fetch newer versions as needed, so I don't need to do > anything else to keep the mirror updated. There are separate debian and > security > stanzas in approx.conf, so the mirrors are > http://server.domain.xyz:9999/debian > and http://server.domain.xyz:9999/security. > > I haven't tried preseeding, but it should work the same way. --Don >
