Package: rootstrap Version: 0.3.22-1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi,
the ability to initialize /etc/apt/sources.list from rootstrap.conf is a nice feature. Based on this, I wrote a patch for rootstrap to configure /etc/apt/preferences, too. (rootstrap-apt-preferences.patch) Is it useful to append the sources.list from rootstrap.conf to the sources.list created by apt (as it's currently done) or would it be better to replace the sources.list? (Currently the sources.list from apt is overridden by a default entry made by modules/debian if no sources list is given in rootstrap.conf. Perhaps overwriting could be made configurable by adding a new option to rootstrap.conf. Might it be useful, to configure /etc/apt/apt.conf from rootstrap.conf, too? If want, I can create and provide patches. Andreas -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (300, 'unstable'), (30, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-1-vserver-k7 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages rootstrap depends on: ii debootstrap 0.3.3 Bootstrap a basic Debian system ii dpkg 1.13.19 package maintenance system for Deb ii python 2.3.5-5 An interactive high-level object-o ii user-mode-linux 2.6.16-2um-1 User-mode Linux (kernel) Versions of packages rootstrap recommends: ii uml-utilities 20060323-3 User-mode Linux (utility programs) -- no debconf information
--- rootstrap.conf.org1 2006-05-28 21:12:40.000000000 +0200 +++ rootstrap.conf 2006-06-12 04:38:22.000000000 +0200 @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ # Extra packages to install via apt after initial debootstrap install #install=myfavoritepackage someotherpackage -# Sources for target's sources list. If no value is give the default +# Sources for target's sources list. If no value is given the default # is to use the main section of $mirror # NOTE: you can provide multiple lines if each new line is indented # with blank spaces @@ -120,6 +120,15 @@ # deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free # deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian sarge main contrib non-free +# Entries for target's /etc/apt/preferences +# NOTE: you can provide multiple lines if each new line is indented +# with blank spaces +#preferences= +# Explanation: unstable gets less preference +# Package: * +# Pin: release unstable +# Pin-Priority: 300 + [base-config] root_password=rootstrap
