sources.list auto-configuration does not check for architecture availability
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| apt-setup (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: ubiquity
I successfully installed Ubuntu 7.0.4 on my trusty old Powerbook G4 Titanium (500MHz, 1GB RAM).
However when searching for new packages to install, such as kubuntu-desktop, I did not find them.
When running "apt-get update", I got errors indicating that most of the repository's locations were invalid.
Looking at sources.list, I noticed that ubiquity had correctly configured the closest location, in my case Austria, but checking in a browser, I found out that on the mirror did not offer any PPC binaries at all (which is a shame btw).
After using the sources.
Conclusio: ubiquity should check for availability of packages for the host architecture and not blindly configure the geographically closest mirror.
| Christian Reis (kiko) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in ubiquity: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
| Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in apt-setup (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → New |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
It sounds to me like ubiquity should have per-architecture mirror lists and then use the Launchpad mirror prober output to decide whether or not a mirror goes on to the list.