Bug#1050316: apt-setup: Unable to use local repo when installing older release

2023-08-23 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Hi Stephen, Stephen Gelman (2023-08-22): > I understand that the current release is the main priority of d-i but > given the fix seems to be low risk it would be appreciated if it could > be fixed in stable! Thanks for filing as suggested on IRC. Given the conditions (oldstable as anticipated,

Bug#1050316: apt-setup: Unable to use local repo when installing older release

2023-08-22 Thread Stephen Gelman
Source: apt-setup Version: 1:0.183 Severity: normal Tags: d-i X-Debbugs-Cc: ssg...@debian.org I sometimes use the current stable d-i to install the n-1 release when I need to install on hardware that requires a newer kernel, then I install the backport kernel in the preseed so the system boots.