On 08/15/2011 09:07 AM, Ben Armstrong wrote: > I've lost the thread entirely. I would have to test a minimal config to > replicate your findings to answer with any authority on this. I can do > that, but not right now.
Ah. Got it now! And no, I don't even need to test. In fact, I seem to have come to this conclusion anyway, later in my response and just didn't go back to edit this initial statement. To clarify: Right now, --mode progress sets derivatives mode (as I said, to be replaced with something proper in the final release). The man page says that --mirror-chroot applies to derivatives. If you use --mode debian, you're not in derivatives mode, so naturally, Debian's repo will be used and this option is ignored. The only thing that *isn't* clear in the man page is "how do I set derivatives mode?" But of course, that code hasn't been written yet, so how could we document what we haven't written? :) Nor does it state the difference between different derivatives models and when to use one option vs. another, but *that* is a rather expansive topic probably not suitable for discussion in the man page, but rather belonging to live-manual whenever we write the "derivatives" chapter. Ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
